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Fedora 32: FEDORA-2020-87c0a0a52d Critical: Python3 DoS Fix

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2020
Dist Fedora Esm H88
A remedy for vulnerabilities in Python 3.7 on Fedora, focusing on Denial of Service and endless loop threats. Discover further details today!
Security fix for CVE-2019-20907, CVE-2020-14422

Summary

Python 3.7 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 3.7, see other distributions

that support it, such as an older Fedora release.

Security fix for CVE-2019-20907, CVE-2020-14422. Provide a versioned

pathfix3.7.py command.

* Tue Jul 28 2020 Charalampos Stratakis - 3.7.8-2

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

Resolves: rhbz#1856481

- Resolve hash collisions for Pv4Interface and IPv6Interface (CVE-2020-14422)

Resolves: rhbz#1854926

- Ship versioned pathfixX.Y.py in main and non-main Python versions

[ 1 ] Bug #1854926 - CVE-2020-14422 python: DoS via inefficiency in IPv{4,6}Interface classes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1854926

[ 2 ] Bug #1856481 - CVE-2019-20907 python: infinite loop in the tarfile module via crafted TAR archive

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

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-87c0a0a52d' 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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Product: Fedora 32
Version: 3.7.8
Release: 2.fc32
Summary: Version 3.7 of the Python interpreter

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