CVE-2021-21360

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Products.GenericSetup

Description

Products.GenericSetup is a mini-framework for expressing the configured state of a Zope Site as a set of filesystem artifacts. In Products.GenericSetup before version 2.1.1 there is an information disclosure vulnerability - anonymous visitors may view log and snapshot files generated by the Generic Setup Tool. The problem has been fixed in version 2.1.1. Depending on how you have installed Products.GenericSetup, you should change the buildout version pin to 2.1.1 and re-run the buildout, or if you used pip simply do pip install `"Products.GenericSetup>=2.1.1"`.

Category

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.46%
Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory pypi.org
Affected: zopefoundation Products.GenericSetup
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/zopefoundation/Products.GenericSetup/security/advisories/GHSA-jff3-mwp3-f8cw third party advisory
https://pypi.org/project/Products.GenericSetup/ third party advisory product
https://github.com/zopefoundation/Products.GenericSetup/commit/700319512b3615b3871a1f24e096cf66dc488c57 third party advisory patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/21/1 mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/22/1 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-21360?
CVE-2021-21360 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-21360?
To fix CVE-2021-21360, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-21360 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2021-21360 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2021-21360?
CVE-2021-21360 affects zopefoundation Products.GenericSetup.
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