Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 659
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 659

Fedora 37: FEDORA-2022-958fd7a32e Moderate: Python 3.6 DoS Security Alert

fedora
Calendar Grey November 10, 2022
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fortify application security on Fedora 37 through an upgrade of python3.6, addressing potential DoS vulnerabilities related to oversized integers.
Prevent denial of service (DoS) by very large integers.

Summary

Python 3.6 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 3.6, see other distributions

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

or older Fedora releases.

Prevent denial of service (DoS) by very large integers.

* Wed Oct 5 2022 Victor Stinner - 3.6.15-13

- Prevent denial of service (DoS) by very large integers.

Resolves: rhbz#1834423

[ 1 ] Bug #1834423 - CVE-2020-10735 python: int() type in PyLong_FromString() does not limit amount of digits converting text to int leading to DoS

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1834423

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-958fd7a32e' 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/

package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org

To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org

Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/

List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/

Do not reply to spam, report it:

Change Log

References

Update Instructions

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Product: Fedora 37
Version: 3.6.15
Release: 13.fc37
Summary: Version 3.6 of the Python interpreter

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Related News

Your message here