GLSA 202208-19: aiohttp: Open redirect vulnerability

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Severity:	low
Title:	aiohttp: Open redirect vulnerability
Date:	08/10/2022
Bugs:	#772932
ID:	202208-19

Synopsis

An open redirect vulnerability has been discovered in aiohttp.

Background

aiohttp is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-python/aiohttp	< 3.7.4	>= 3.7.4	All supported architectures

Description

A bug in aiohttp.web_middlewares.normalize_path_middleware creates an open redirect vulnerability.

Impact

An attacker use this vulnerability to craft a link that, while appearing to be a link to an aiohttp-based website, redirects users to an arbitrary attacker-controlled URL.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All aiohttp users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/aiohttp-3.7.4"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202208-19.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.