Bug 1855039 (CVE-2020-8315) - CVE-2020-8315 python: unsafe dll loading in getpathp.c on Windows
Summary: CVE-2020-8315 python: unsafe dll loading in getpathp.c on Windows
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2020-8315
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1855040
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Reported: 2020-07-08 18:02 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2023-10-06 21:01 UTC (History)
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In Python (CPython) an insecure dependency load upon launch on Windows 7 may result in an attacker's copy of api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll being loaded and used instead of the system's copy. Windows 8 and later are unaffected.
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Last Closed: 2020-07-09 13:27:37 UTC
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2020-07-08 18:02:16 UTC 
In Python (CPython) 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.6, and 3.8 through 3.8.1, an insecure dependency load upon launch on Windows 7 may result in an attacker's copy of api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll being loaded and used instead of the system's copy. Windows 8 and later are unaffected.

Reference:
https://bugs.python.org/issue39401
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-07-09 13:27:37 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-8315
Comment 3 Todd Cullum 2020-07-09 16:08:49 UTC 
Statement:

This does not affect python as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux of any version, Red Hat Software Collections, or any other Red Hat product. The behavior is specific to Windows proprietary APIs and the Portable Executable (DLL) loading processes.
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