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Debian 11: Python3.9 Critical Security Update DLA-4445-1 CVE-2022-37454

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Calendar Grey January 20, 2026
Dist Debian Esm H88
Multiple security fixes for python3.9 address critical issues like buffer overflows and potential remote code execution.
Multiple security fixes in cPython 3.9

Summary

CVE-2022-37454

The Keccak XKCP SHA-3 implementation had an integer overflow
and a buffer overflow in the sponge function interface. This
allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code or eliminate expected
cryptographic properties.

CVE-2025-4516

An issue in bytes.decode("unicode_escape", error="ignore|replace")
could result in a crash.

CVE-2025-6069

The html.parser.HTMLParser class had worse-case quadratic complexity
when processing certain crafted malformed inputs potentially leading
to amplified denial-of-service.

CVE-2025-6075

If the value passed to os.path.expandvars() is user-controlled
a performance degradation was possible when expanding environment
variables.

CVE-2025-8194

The tar implementation would process tar archives with negative
offsets without error, resulting in an infinite loop and deadlock
during the parsing of maliciously crafted tar archives.

CVE-2025-8291

The 'zipfile' module would not check the validity of the ZIP64 End

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Package: python3.9
Version: 3.9.2-1+deb11u4
CVE ID: CVE-2022-37454 CVE-2025-4516 CVE-2025-6069 CVE-2025-6075

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