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RedHat: RHSA-2019-2980-01 Important: Python Information Disclosure Issue

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Calendar Grey October 8, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important python security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 aimed at resolving major data leakage vulnerabilities.
An update for python is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update Support

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 update important information security information disclosure python redhat

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9636 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.5):
Source: python-2.7.5-70.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64: python-2.7.5-70.el7_5.x86_64.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-70.el7_5.i686.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-70.el7_5.x86_64.rpm python-devel-2.7.5-70.el7_5.x86_64.rpm python-libs-2.7.5-70.el7_5.i686.rpm python-libs-2.7.5-70.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.5):
x86_64: python-debug-2.7.5-70.el7_5.x86_64.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-70.el7_5.x86_64.rpm python-test-2.7.5-70.el7_5.x86_64.rpm python-tools-2.7.5-70.el7_5.x86_64.rpm tkinter-2.7.5-70.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5):
Source: python-2.7.5-70.el7_5.src.rpm
ppc64: python-2.7.5-70.el7_5.ppc64.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-70.el7_5.ppc.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-70.el7_5.ppc64.rpm python-devel-2.7.5-70.el7_5.ppc64.rpm python-libs-2.7.5-70.el7_5.ppc.rpm python-libs-2.7.5-70.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: python-2.7.5-70.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-70.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm python-devel-2.7.5-70.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm python-libs-2.7.5-70.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: python-2.7.5-70.el7_5.s390x.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-70.el7_5.s390.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-70.el7_5.s390x.rpm python-devel-2.7.5-70.el7_5.s390x.rpm python-libs-2.7.5-70.el7_5.s390.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2980-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2980
Issue date: 2019-10-08

Topic

An update for python is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5Extended Update Support.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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update important information security information disclosure python redhat

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.5) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.5) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.5) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

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