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Debian 9 LTS DLA-2619-1 Critical: Python3.5 Security Threats

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Calendar Grey April 5, 2021
Dist Debian Esm H88
The latest Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2620-1 tackles multiple vulnerabilities in python3.6, implementing significant changes aimed at reinforcing security.
Three security issues have been discovered in python3.5: CVE-2021-3177

Summary

CVE-2021-3177

Python 3.x has a buffer overflow in PyCArg_repr in _ctypes/callproc.c,
which may lead to remote code execution in certain Python applications that accept
floating-point numbers as untrusted input.
This occurs because sprintf is used unsafely.

CVE-2021-3426

Running `pydoc -p` allows other local users to extract arbitrary files.
The `/getfile?key=path` URL allows to read arbitrary file on the filesystem.

The fix removes the "getfile" feature of the pydoc module which
could be abused to read arbitrary files on the disk (directory
traversal vulnerability).

CVE-2021-23336

The Python3.5 vulnerable to Web Cache Poisoning via urllib.parse.parse_qsl
and urllib.parse.parse_qs by using a vector called parameter cloaking. When
the attacker can separate query parameters using a semicolon (;), they can
cause a difference in the interpretation of the request between the proxy

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Package: python3.5
Version: 3.5.3-1+deb9u4
CVE ID: CVE-2021-3177 CVE-2021-3426 CVE-2021-23336

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