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Fedora 30 Python 3.4 Update Advisory: Critical Threat Fixes Detailed

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The recent Fedora update for Python 3.4.10 addresses vital security vulnerabilities. It is essential to examine the specifics of the critical patches implemented.
Last upstream Python 3.4 security release, 3.4.10

Summary

Python 3.4 package for developers.

This package exists to allow developers to test their code against an older

version of Python. This is not a full Python stack and if you wish to run

your applications with Python 3.4, see other distributions

that support it, such as CentOS or RHEL with Software Collections.

Last upstream Python 3.4 security release, 3.4.10. Security fix for

CVE-2019-9636, CVE-2019-5010, CVE-2018-20406.

[ 1 ] Bug #1664509 - CVE-2018-20406 python: Integer overflow in Modules/_pickle.c allows for memory exhaustion if serializing gigabytes of data

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1664509

[ 2 ] Bug #1666519 - CVE-2019-5010 python: NULL pointer dereference using a specially crafted X509 certificate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1666519

[ 3 ] Bug #1688543 - CVE-2019-9636 python: Information Disclosure due to urlsplit improper NFKC normalization

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1688543

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2019-7d9f3cf3ce' at the command

line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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Change Log

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Update Instructions

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Product: Fedora 30
Version: 3.4.10
Release: 1.fc30
Summary: Version 3.4 of the Python programming language

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