CVE-2021-3426

NameCVE-2021-3426
DescriptionThere'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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2619-1, DLA-3477-1, DLA-3980-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pypy3 (PTS)bullseye7.3.5+dfsg-2+deb11u2fixed
bullseye (security)7.3.5+dfsg-2+deb11u4fixed
bookworm7.3.11+dfsg-2+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie7.3.17+dfsg-3fixed
python2.7 (PTS)bullseye2.7.18-8+deb11u1fixed
python3.9 (PTS)bullseye3.9.2-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)3.9.2-1+deb11u2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pypy3source(unstable)7.3.3+dfsg-4
python2.7source(unstable)(not affected)
python3.5sourcestretch3.5.3-1+deb9u4DLA-2619-1
python3.5source(unstable)(unfixed)
python3.7sourcebuster3.7.3-2+deb10u5DLA-3477-1
python3.7source(unstable)(unfixed)
python3.9sourceexperimental3.9.3-1
python3.9sourcebullseye3.9.2-1+deb11u2DLA-3980-1
python3.9source(unstable)3.9.7-1

Notes

- python2.7 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[buster] - pypy3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugs.python.org/issue42988
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9b999479c0022edfc9835a8a1f06e046f3881048
https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/pydoc-getfile.html
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/24337
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/24285

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