QID 375419

Date Published: 2021-03-30

QID 375419: Python3 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Python is an interpreted, high-level and general-purpose programming language.

A vulnerability in Python 3 may lead to remote code execution in certain Python applications that accept floating-point numbers as untrusted input, as demonstrated by a 1e300 argument to c_double.from_param. This occurs because sprintf is used unsafely.

Affected Versions:
Python Versions 3.X up to 3.6.12
Python Versions 3.7.0 up to 3.7.9
Python Versions 3.8.0 up to 3.8.7
Python Versions 3.9.0 up to 3.9.1

QID Detection Logic(Authenticated):
This checks for version information using the python3 --version

On successfully exploited it could lead to remote code execution, which may aid in further attacks.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

Solution

Vendor has release fix to this issue.
Refer to issue trackerhere to address this vulnerability and obtain further details.

Vendor References

CVE-2021-3177 - python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/ctypes-buffer-overflow-pycarg_repr.html

CVEs related to QID 375419

CVE-2021-3177 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
CVE-2021-3177			python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/ctypes-buffer-overflow-pycarg_repr.html

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