python3: ignore CVE-2015-20107

CVE-2015-20107 describes an arbitrary command execution in the mailcap
module, but this is by design in mailcap and needs to be worked around
by the calling application.

Upstream Python will be documenting this flaw in the library reference,
and it is likely that the mailcap module will be deprecated and removed
in the future.

(From OE-Core rev: 1ed7bb74d35f08af3babf73c68ee01af5f28a50b)

Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
(cherry picked from commit 85fac8408baf92d8b71946f5bfea92952b7eab01)
Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.8.13.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.8.13.bb
index d7f6e9155d..040bacf97c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.8.13.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.8.13.bb
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2019-18348"
 
 # This is windows only issue.
 CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2020-15523 CVE-2022-26488"
+# The mailcap module is insecure by design, so this can't be fixed in a meaningful way.
+# The module will be removed in the future and flaws documented.
+CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2015-20107"
 
 PYTHON_MAJMIN = "3.8"