Improper Privilege Management in ipython - CVE-2022-21699

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Improper Privilege Management in ipython - CVE-2022-21699

Published: February 2, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60245
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21699
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges.

The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management when handling cross user temporary files. A local user can execute arbitrary code with privileges of another user.


Affected software

ipython
Fedora
Ubuntu
Junos OS Evolved
python3-ipython (Ubuntu package)
ipython3 (Ubuntu package)
ipython (Ubuntu package)
python-ipython (Ubuntu package)
ipython3-notebook (Ubuntu package)
ipython-notebook-common (Ubuntu package)
ipython-notebook (Ubuntu package)
ipython
ipython (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2022-21699

Install updates from vendor's website.

ipython - addressed in versions 5.11.0, 7.16.3, 7.31.1, 8.0.1
Junos OS Evolved - addressed in versions 20.4R2-EVO, 21.1R2-EVO, 21.3R2-EVO, 21.4R3-S6-EVO, 22.1R3-S5-EVO, 22.2R3-S3-EVO, 23.2R2-EVO
python3-ipython (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
ipython3 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
ipython (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
python-ipython (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
ipython3-notebook (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
ipython-notebook-common (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
ipython-notebook (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
ipython - addressed in versions 3.2.3-1.el7, 7.16.3-1.el8, 7.20.0-2.fc34, 7.26.0-3.fc35
ipython (Debian package) - addressed in versions 5.8.0-1+deb10u1, 7.20.0-1+deb11u1

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