DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9948

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9948
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9948.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9948
Upstream
Published
2019-03-23T18:29:02.090Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:08:09.349303Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

urllib in Python 2.x through 2.7.16 supports the localfile: scheme, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist file: URIs, as demonstrated by triggering a urllib.urlopen('localfile:///etc/passwd') call.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / python2.7

Package

Name
python2.7
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/python2.7?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.16-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9948.json"