Fedora 32: 2020-e9251de272 Critical: python27 Infinite Loop Mitigation

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Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files (CVE-2019-20907)

* Mon Jul 20 2020 Petr Viktorin - 2.7.18-2

- Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files (CVE-2019-20907)

Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1856481

[ 1 ] Bug #1856485 - CVE-2019-20907 python2: python: infinite loop in the tarfile module via crafted TAR archive [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1856485

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