Vulnerability in Oracle Fedoraproject (CVE-2021-23336)
Summary
Vulnerability in Oracle Fedoraproject (CVE-2021-23336). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The package python/cpython from 0 and before 3.6.13, from 3.7.0 and before 3.7.10, from 3.8.0 and before 3.8.8, from 3.9.0 and before 3.9.2 are vulnerable to Web Cache Poisoning via urllib.parse.parse_qsl and urllib.parse.parse_qs by using a vector called parameter cloaking. When the attacker can separate query parameters using a semicolon (;), they can cause a difference in the interpretation of the request between the proxy (running with default configuration) and the server. This can result in malicious requests being cached as completely safe ones, as the proxy would usually not see the semicolon as a separator, and therefore would not include it in a cache key of an unkeyed parameter.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-23336 has been found in Oracle Fedoraproject.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Oracle Fedoraproject CVE-2021-23336" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2021-23336 (Oracle Fedoraproject) — CWE-444 / CVSS v3 5.9
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-444) exists in Oracle Fedoraproject.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Oracle Fedoraproject.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.9/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Fedoraproject' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Fedoraproject' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Fedoraprojectを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2021-23336 python3 Fixed in: 3.8.8-r0
References
- advisory openwall.com
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory security.gentoo.org
- advisory security.netapp.com
- advisory snyk.io
- exploit snyk.io
- patch openwall.com
- patch github.com
- patch oracle.com
- patch oracle.com
- patch oracle.com
- patch oracle.com
- web lists.apache.org
- web lists.apache.org
- web lists.apache.org
- web lists.debian.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web cert-portal.siemens.com