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Alpine: python3: security update to 3.10.5-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 406749

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In Python (aka CPython) up to 3.10.8, the mailcap module does not add escape characters into commands
 discovered in the system mailcap file. This may allow attackers to inject shell commands into applications
 that call mailcap.findmatch with untrusted input (if they lack validation of user-provided filenames or
 arguments). The fix is also back-ported to 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 (CVE-2015-20107)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2015-20107

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 406749

Version: Revision 1.28

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 12/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Percentile: 96.97

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-20107

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-20107