Mageia 7: MGASA-2019-0318 moderate: Python Email Parsing & XSS Issues
mageia
November 7, 2019
Updated python and python3 packages fix security vulnerabilities: It was discovered that Python incorrectly parsed certain email addresses
Summary
Updated python and python3 packages fix security vulnerabilities:
It was discovered that Python incorrectly parsed certain email addresses.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to trick Python
applications into accepting email addresses that should be denied
(CVE-2019-16056).
It was discovered that the Python documentation XML-RPC server incorrectly
handled certain fields. A remote attacker could use this issue to execute
a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack (CVE-2019-16935).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25641
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4151-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16056
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16935
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 7/core/python-2.7.17-1.1.mga7
- 7/core/python3-3.7.5-1.mga7
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Publication date: 07 Nov 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0318.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-16056,
CVE-2019-16935
Topics Covered
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