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openSUSE Leap 15.2: 2020:1988-1 Moderate: Python Header Injection Fix

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Calendar Grey November 21, 2020
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A security patch for Python on openSUSE Leap 15.2 resolves vulnerabilities that could allow header manipulation.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for python fixes the following issues:

- bsc#1177211 (CVE-2020-26116) no longer allowing special characters in

the method parameter

of HTTPConnection.putrequest in httplib, stopping injection of headers.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update moderate severity python openSUSE header injection

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 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-1988=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

libpython2_7-1_0-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.2

libpython2_7-1_0-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.2

python-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.1

python-base-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.2

python-base-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.2

python-base-debugsource-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.2

python-curses-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.1

python-curses-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.1

python-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.1

python-debugsource-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.1

python-demo-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.1

python-devel-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.2

python-gdbm-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.1

python-gdbm-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.1

python-idle-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.1

python-tk-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.1

python-tk-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.1

python-xml-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.2

python-xml-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.2

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

libpython2_7-1_0-32bit-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.2

libpython2_7-1_0-32bit-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.2

python-32bit-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.1

python-32bit-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.1

python-base-32bit-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.2

python-base-32bit-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp152.3.6.2

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):

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Read the Full Advisory

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26116.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177211

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1988-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2

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