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openSUSE Leap 15.3: 2021:1806-1 Moderate: Python-httplib2 Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey July 11, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical patch for openSUSE released to resolve security flaws in python-httplib2. Users are urged to update their systems immediately to mitigate potential risks.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Description

This update for python-httplib2 fixes the following issues:

- Update to version 0.19.0 (bsc#1182053).

- CVE-2021-21240: Fixed regular expression denial of service via malicious

header (bsc#1182053).

- CVE-2020-11078: Fixed unescaped part of uri where an attacker could

change request headers and body (bsc#1182053).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service openSUSE python-httplib2

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 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-1806=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch):

python2-httplib2-0.19.0-3.3.1

python3-httplib2-0.19.0-3.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11078.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21240.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1171998

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182053

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1806-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 .

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service openSUSE python-httplib2

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