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openSUSE: 2023:3824-1 Critical: Python310 TLS Handshake Bypass

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Calendar Grey September 27, 2023
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Important security patch for python310 addresses an issue allowing TLS handshake evasion in all openSUSE variants.
This update for python310 fixes the following issues: Update to 3.10.13.

Description

This update for python310 fixes the following issues:

* Update to 3.10.13.

* CVE-2023-40217: Fixed TLS handshake bypass on closed sockets (bsc#1214692)

The following non-security bug was fixed:

* stabilizing FLAG_REF usage (required for reproduceability (bsc#1213463).

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security advisory critical update TLS important issue openSUSE python310 CVE-2023-40217

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-3824=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3824=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3824=1

* Python 3 Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python3-15-SP4-2023-3824=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* python310-debugsource-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-testsuite-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-tools-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-core-debugsource-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-tk-debuginfo-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-dbm-debuginfo-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-idle-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-curses-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-base-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* libpython3_10-1_0-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-curses-debuginfo-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-base-debuginfo-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-dbm-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-doc-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-testsuite-debuginfo-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-devel-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-doc-devhelp-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-tk-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* libpython3_10-1_0-debuginfo-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* python310-debuginfo-3.10.13-150400.4.33.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)

*...

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References

* #1213463

* #1214692

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40217.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213463

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214692

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3824-1
Rating: important

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