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Fedora 40: 2024-82a696ca59 high: python3.12 unbounded memory issues

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Calendar Grey December 24, 2024
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Unbounded memory issues in Python 3.12 for Fedora 40 prompt urgent update. Critical fixes available now.
Update to 3.12.8

Summary

Python 3.12 is an accessible, high-level, dynamically typed, interpreted

programming language, designed with an emphasis on code readability.

It includes an extensive standard library, and has a vast ecosystem of

third-party libraries.

Update Information:

Update to 3.12.8

Change Log

* Fri Dec 6 2024 Charalampos Stratakis - 3.12.8-2 - Security fix for CVE-2024-12254 - Fixes: rhbz#2330926 * Tue Dec 3 2024 Charalampos Stratakis - 3.12.8-1 - Update to 3.12.8 - Security fix for CVE-2024-9287 - Fixes: rhbz#2321656

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2321656 - CVE-2024-9287 python3.12: Virtual environment (venv) activation scripts don't quote paths [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2321656 [ 2 ] Bug #2330926 - CVE-2024-12254 python3.12: Unbounded memory buffering in SelectorSocketTransport.writelines() [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330926

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-82a696ca59' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

Name: python3.12
Product: Fedora 40
Version: 3.12.8
Release: 2.fc40
Summary: Version 3.12 of the Python interpreter

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