CVE-2019-9948

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CVE-2019-9948

Summary:

Details: urllib in Python 2.x through 2.7.16 supports the local_file: scheme, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist file: URIs, as demonstrated by triggering a urllib.urlopen('local_file:///etc/passwd') call.

References: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HQEQLXLOCR3SNM3AA5RRYJFQ5AZBYJ4L/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KRYFIMISZ47NTAU3XWZUOFB7CYL62KES/, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00092.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00050.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154927/Slackware-Security-Advisory-python-Updates.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107549, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1700, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2030, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3335, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3520, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00022.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00011.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00011.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00034.html, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/29, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-26, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0004/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4127-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4127-2/, https://bugs.python.org/issue35907, https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/11842