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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2019-0710-01 Security Alert: Python Risk

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Calendar Grey April 8, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
CentOS 7 has released a vital Python security patch addressing a potential information leakage, alongside necessary package enhancements.
An update for python is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems.
Security Fix(es):
* python: Information Disclosure due to urlsplit improper NFKC normalization (CVE-2019-9636)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux important security impact information disclosure python

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9636 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/urlsplit-nfkc-normalization.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: python-2.7.5-77.el7_6.src.rpm
x86_64: python-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-77.el7_6.i686.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm python-libs-2.7.5-77.el7_6.i686.rpm python-libs-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: python-debug-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm python-devel-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm python-test-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm python-tools-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm tkinter-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: python-2.7.5-77.el7_6.src.rpm
x86_64: python-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-77.el7_6.i686.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm python-devel-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm python-libs-2.7.5-77.el7_6.i686.rpm python-libs-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: python-debug-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm python-test-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm python-tools-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm tkinter-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: python-2.7.5-77.el7_6.src.rpm
ppc64: python-2.7.5-77.el7_6.ppc64.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-77.el7_6.ppc.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:0710-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0710
Issue date: 2019-04-08

Topic

An update for python is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux important security impact information disclosure python

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Bugs Fixed

1688543 - CVE-2019-9636 python: Information Disclosure due to urlsplit improper NFKC normalization

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