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FreeBSD : python -- Information disclosure via pydoc -p: /getfile?key=path allows to read arbitrary file on the filesystem (f671c282-95ef-11eb-9c34-080027f515ea)

2021-04-1400:00:00
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David Schworer reports :

Remove the getfile feature of the pydoc module which could be abused to read arbitrary files on the disk (directory traversal vulnerability). Moreover, even source code of Python modules can contain sensitive data like passwords.

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Remove the getfile feature of the pydoc module which could be abused
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vulnerability). Moreover, even source code of Python modules can
contain sensitive data like passwords."
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include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"python38<3.8.9")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"python39<3.9.3")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
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}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
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freebsdfreebsdpython39p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:python39
freebsdfreebsdcpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd