SB20211214110 - Path traversal in Babel
Published: December 14, 2021 Updated: August 12, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB20211214110
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-42771)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to user compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences within the locale .dat files in Babel.Locale. A remote user can load a malicious .dat file containing serialized Python objects and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.