Command injection in Numpy - CVE-2019-6446

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Command injection in Numpy - CVE-2019-6446

Published: January 21, 2019 / Updated: March 24, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17095
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6446
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the unsafe use of the pickle Python module. A remote attacker can trick the victim into loading malicious content with the affected application on a targeted system by using misleading language and instructions that allows to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Numpy
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Opensuse
SUSE Linux
Fedora
numpy

How to mitigate CVE-2019-6446

Install update from vendor's website.

Numpy - update to 1.17.0
numpy - update to 1.16.3-1.fc30

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