Vigil@nce - Python urllib: file reading via Blacklist Bypass
May 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: openSUSE Leap, Python, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: data reading.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 25/03/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
A local attacker can read a file via Blacklist Bypass of Python
urllib, in order to obtain sensitive information.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Python-urllib-file-reading-via-Blacklist-Bypass-28848