CVE-2021-3426

python: Information disclosure via pydoc

Published May 20, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.7 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
There's a flaw in Python 3's pydoc. A local or adjacent attacker who discovers or is able to convince another local or adjacent user to start a pydoc server could access the server and use it to disclose sensitive information belonging to the other user that they would not normally be able to access. The highest risk of this flaw is to data confidentiality. This flaw affects Python versions before 3.8.9, Python versions before 3.9.3 and Python versions before 3.10.0a7.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2619-1 python3.5 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3477-1 python3.7 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3980-1 python3.9 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-26753 There's a flaw in Python 3's pydoc. A local or adjacent attacker who discovers or is able to convince another local or adjacent user to start a pydoc server could access the server and use it to disclose sensitive information belonging to the other user that they would not normally be able to access. The highest risk of this flaw is to data confidentiality. This flaw affects Python versions before 3.8.9, Python versions before 3.9.3 and Python versions before 3.10.0a7.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5342-1 Python vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5342-3 Python vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6891-1 Python vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1935913 cve-icon cve-icon
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00039.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/25HVHLBGO2KNPXJ3G426QEYSSCECJDU5/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BF2K7HEWADHN6P52R3QLIOX27U3DJ4HI/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DQYPUKLLBOZMKFPO7RD7CENTXHUUEUV7/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LM5V4VPLBHBEASSAROYPSHXGXGGPHNOE/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6VXJZSZ6N64AILJX4CTMACYGQGHHD5C/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNGAFMPIYIVJ47FCF2NK2PIX22HUG35B/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VPX7Y5GQDNB4FJTREWONGC4ZSVH7TGHF/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3426 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-04 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210629-0003/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3426 cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00109}

epss

{'score': 0.00098}

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00095}

epss

{'score': 0.00109}