Vigil@nce - Python urllib: data transit via parse_qsl
April 2021 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, Fedora, SnapCenter Backup Management,
openSUSE Leap, Python, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SLES, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: data flow.
Provenance: internet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 16/02/2021.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass filtering rules via parse_qsl() of Python
urllib, in order to transmit malicious data.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Python-urllib-data-transit-via-parse-qsl-34588