--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2019-0c91ce7b3c
2019-03-29 19:07:28.727610
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : python2-docs
Product     : Fedora 30
Version     : 2.7.16
Release     : 1.fc30
URL         : https://www.python.org/
Summary     : Documentation for the Python 2 programming language
Description :
The python2-docs package contains documentation on the Python 2
programming language and interpreter.

Install the python2-docs package if you'd like to use the documentation
for the Python 2 language.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

Update legacy Python to 2.7.16. Most significant improvement is that is builds
against OpenSSL 1.1.1. See [upstream release
announcement](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2716/) and
[changelog](https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/2.7/Misc/NEWS.d/2.7.16.rst)
(+ [rc1 changelog](rc1.rst)).  Fixes the following CVEs:   *
[CVE-2019-5010](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-5010) Fix a NULL
pointer deref in ssl module. The cert parser did not handle CRL distribution
points with empty DP or URI correctly. A malicious or buggy certificate can
result into segfault. Vulnerability (TALOS-2018-0758) reported by Colin Read and
Nicolas Edet of Cisco.  *
[CVE-2013-1752](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-1752): Change
use of readline() in `imaplib.IMAP4_SSL` to limit line length.
([CVE-2018-14647](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-14647) is
listed in upstream changelog, but it was already backported in Fedora.)  Note
that Python 2 is deprecated in Fedora 30 and users are advised to switch to
Python 3. Upstream support of Python 2 ends on 2020-01-01.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1643450 - Python 2 is built against an old OpenSSL (1.0.1) while 1.1.1 is available in F29
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643450
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2019-0c91ce7b3c' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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