Fedora 42: python3.6 Critical CVE-2025-8194 Infinite Loop Advisory
fedora
August 21, 2025
Security fix for CVE-2025-8194
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.
Update Information:
Security fix for CVE-2025-8194
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Mon Aug 11 2025 Lumr Balhar <lbalhar@redhat.com> - 3.6.15-49 - Security fix for CVE-2025-8194 * Fri Jul 25 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.6.15-48 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2384080 - CVE-2025-8194 python3.6: Cpython infinite loop when parsing a tarfile [fedora-42]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2384080
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-1903cfae97' 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
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Name: python3.6
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 3.6.15
Release: 49.fc42
Summary: Version 3.6 of the Python interpreter
Topics Covered
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