Input validation error in Python - CVE-2019-10160
Published: August 13, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20071
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10160
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Python.org
Affected software:
Python
Python
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user and password parts of a URL. This issue exists due to incorrect patch for previous issue described in SB2019030811 (CVE-2019-9636). A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-10160
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1587
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10160
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/250b62acc59921d399f0db47db3b462cd6037e09
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8d0ef0b5edeae52960c7ed05ae8a12388324f87e
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f61599b050c621386a3fc6bc480359e2d3bb93de
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fd1771dbdd28709716bd531580c40ae5ed814468
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00022.html
- https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/urlsplit-nfkc-normalization2.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190617-0003/