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Fedora 31 Python 3.8.3 High: ReDoS Security Fix FEDORA-2020-6a88dad4a0

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Calendar Grey May 28, 2020
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The most recent update for Fedora 31, Python 3.8.3, features an important security patch that tackles a ReDoS vulnerability.
## Python 3.8.3 This is the third maintenance release of Python 3.8

Summary

Python 3.8 package for developers.

This package exists to allow developers to test their code against a newer

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

your applications with Python 3.8, update your Fedora to a newer

version once Python 3.8 is stable.

## Python 3.8.3 This is the third maintenance release of Python 3.8. See [the c

hangelog](https://docs.python.org/release/3.8.3/whatsnew/changelog.html#changelo

g) for details. Contains the security fix for CVE-2020-8492.

[ 1 ] Bug #1809065 - CVE-2020-8492 python: wrong backtracking in urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler allows for a ReDoS

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1809065

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-6a88dad4a0' 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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https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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Change Log

References

Update Instructions

Product: Fedora 31
Version: 3.8.3
Release: 1.fc31
Summary: Version 3.8 of the Python interpreter

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