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openSUSE Leap 42.3: 2018:2126-1 moderate: python denial of service

opensuse
Calendar Grey July 28, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important patch resolves a DoS vulnerability in Python for openSUSE. Ensure your system's security with this essential update.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for python fixes the following issues:

The following security vulnerabilities were addressed:

- Add a check to Lib/wave.py that verifies that at least one channel is

provided. Prior to this, attackers could cause a denial of service via a

crafted wav format audio file. [bsc#1083507, CVE-2017-18207]

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service python openSUSE

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-779=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

libpython2_7-1_0-2.7.13-27.6.1

libpython2_7-1_0-debuginfo-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-base-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-base-debuginfo-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-base-debugsource-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-curses-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-curses-debuginfo-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-debuginfo-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-debugsource-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-demo-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-devel-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-gdbm-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-gdbm-debuginfo-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-idle-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-tk-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-tk-debuginfo-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-xml-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-xml-debuginfo-2.7.13-27.6.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):

python-doc-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-doc-pdf-2.7.13-27.6.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

libpython2_7-1_0-32bit-2.7.13-27.6.1

libpython2_7-1_0-debuginfo-32bit-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-32bit-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-base-32bit-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-base-debuginfo-32bit-2.7.13-27.6.1

python-debuginfo-32bit-2.7.13-27.6.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18207.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083507

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2126-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3

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