AmazonALAS2-2023-2010Medium: babel
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
47.7%
Issue Overview:
Babel.Locale in Babel before 2.9.1 allows attackers to load arbitrary locale .dat files (containing serialized Python objects) via directory traversal, leading to code execution. (CVE-2021-42771)
Affected Packages:
babel
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update babel to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
babel-0.9.6-8.amzn2.0.2.noarch
python-babel-0.9.6-8.amzn2.0.2.noarch
src:
babel-0.9.6-8.amzn2.0.2.src
Additional References
Red Hat: CVE-2021-42771
Mitre: CVE-2021-42771
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | 2 | noarch | babel | < 0.9.6-8.amzn2.0.2 | babel-0.9.6-8.amzn2.0.2.noarch.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 2 | noarch | python-babel | < 0.9.6-8.amzn2.0.2 | python-babel-0.9.6-8.amzn2.0.2.noarch.rpm |
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
47.7%