CVE-2021-4189
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-08-24 00:00
Modified
2024-08-03 17:16
Severity ?
Summary
A flaw was found in Python, specifically in the FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client library in PASV (passive) mode. The issue is how the FTP client trusts the host from the PASV response by default. This flaw allows an attacker to set up a malicious FTP server that can trick FTP clients into connecting back to a given IP address and port. This vulnerability could lead to FTP client scanning ports, which otherwise would not have been possible.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4189Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.python.org/issue43285Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2036020Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/0ab152c6b5d95caa2dc1a30fa96e10258b5f188ePatch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00024.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00039.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/ftplib-pasv.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4189Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0004/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
n/apython
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