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CVE-2021-23336

Safety vulnerability ID: 45719

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Created at Feb 15, 2021 Updated at Nov 29, 2024
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Advisory

Python versions 3.6.13, 3.7.10, 3.8.8 and 3.9.2 include a fix for CVE-2021-23336: The package python/cpython from 0 and before 3.6.13, from 3.7.0 and before 3.7.10, from 3.8.0 and before 3.8.8, from 3.9.0 and before 3.9.2 are vulnerable to Web Cache Poisoning via urllib.parse.parse_qsl and urllib.parse.parse_qs by using a vector called parameter cloaking. When the attacker can separate query parameters using a semicolon (;), they can cause a difference in the interpretation of the request between the proxy (running with default configuration) and the server. This can result in malicious requests being cached as completely safe ones, as the proxy would usually not see the semicolon as a separator, and therefore would not include it in a cache key of an unkeyed parameter.
https://bugs.python.org/issue42967
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/24297

Affected package

python

Latest version: 0.9.8

Affected versions

Fixed versions

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

MEDIUM 5.9

CVSS v3 Details

MEDIUM 5.9
Attack Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC)
HIGH
Privileges Required (PR)
NONE
User Interaction (UI)
REQUIRED
Scope (S)
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
NONE
Integrity Impact (I)
LOW
Availability Availability (A)
HIGH

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 4.0
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
HIGH
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
NONE
Integrity Impact (I)
PARTIAL
Availability Impact (A)
PARTIAL