MGASA-2019-0322 - Updated python-numpy packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 14 Nov 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0322.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-6446

Updated python-numpy packages fix security vulnerability:

An issue was discovered in NumPy 1.16.0 and earlier. It uses the pickle
Python module unsafely, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary
code via a crafted serialized object, as demonstrated by a numpy.load call
(CVE-2019-6446).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24356
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3704
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6446

SRPMS:
- 7/core/python-numpy-1.16.3-1.mga7

Mageia 2019-0322: python-numpy security update

Updated python-numpy packages fix security vulnerability: An issue was discovered in NumPy 1.16.0 and earlier

Summary

Updated python-numpy packages fix security vulnerability:
An issue was discovered in NumPy 1.16.0 and earlier. It uses the pickle Python module unsafely, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized object, as demonstrated by a numpy.load call (CVE-2019-6446).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24356

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3704

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6446

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0322 - Updated python-numpy packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/python-numpy-1.16.3-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 14 Nov 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0322.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-6446

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