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RedHat RHSA-2019:3725 Moderate: rh-python36-python Security Fix

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2019
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Update for rh-python36-python available for Red Hat Software Collections, rated Moderate with multiple security fixes.
An update for rh-python36-python is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate

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.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: rh-python36-python (3.6.9). (BZ#1709344)
Security Fix(es):
* python: DOS via regular expression backtracking in difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method in difflib (CVE-2018-1061)
* python: Missing salt initialization in _elementtree.c module (CVE-2018-14647)
* python: Cookie domain check returns incorrect results (CVE-2018-20852)
* python: NULL pointer dereference using a specially crafted X509 certificate (CVE-2019-5010)
* python: CRLF injection via the query part of the url passed to urlopen() (CVE-2019-9740)
* python: CRLF injection via the path part of the url passed to urlopen() (CVE-2019-9947)
* python: email.utils.parseaddr wrongly parses email addresses (CVE-2019-16056)
* python: DOS via regular expression catastrophic backtracking in apop() method in pop3lib (CVE-2018-1060)
* python: Integer overflow in Modules/_pickle.c allows for memory exhaustion if serializing gigabytes of data (CVE-2018-20406)
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.
Bug Fix(es):
* urlsplit doesn't accept a NFKD hostname with a port number (BZ#1709340)
* rh-python36 cannot unpickle datetime.date objects (BZ#1749103)

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update bug fix moderate threat security impact redhat python fix

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1060 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1061 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14647 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20406 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20852 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5010 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9740 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9947 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-16056 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: rh-python36-python-3.6.9-2.el6.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-python36-python-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-python36-python-debug-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-python36-python-debuginfo-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-python36-python-devel-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-python36-python-libs-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-python36-python-test-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-python36-python-tkinter-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-python36-python-tools-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source: rh-python36-python-3.6.9-2.el6.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-python36-python-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-python36-python-debug-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-python36-python-debuginfo-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-python36-python-devel-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-python36-python-libs-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-python36-python-test-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-python36-python-tkinter-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-python36-python-tools-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: rh-python36-python-3.6.9-2.el7.src.rpm
aarch64: rh-python36-python-3.6.9-2.el7.aarch64.rpm rh-python36-python-debug-3.6.9-2.el7.aarch64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3725-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725
Issue date: 2019-11-06

Topic

An update for rh-python36-python is now available for Red Hat Software Collections.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update bug fix moderate threat security impact redhat python fix

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

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

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) - ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7) - ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - x86_64

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

Bugs Fixed

1549191 - CVE-2018-1060 python: DOS via regular expression catastrophic backtracking in apop() method in pop3lib

1549192 - CVE-2018-1061 python: DOS via regular expression backtracking in difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method in difflib

1631822 - CVE-2018-14647 python: Missing salt initialization in _elementtree.c module

1664509 - CVE-2018-20406 python: Integer overflow in Modules/_pickle.c allows for memory exhaustion if serializing gigabytes of data

1666519 - CVE-2019-5010 python: NULL pointer dereference using a specially crafted X509 certificate

1688169 - CVE-2019-9740 python: CRLF injection via the query part of the url passed to urlopen()

1695572 - CVE-2019-9947 python: CRLF injection via the path part of the url passed to urlopen()

1709344 - Update Python 3 to 3.6.9 [rhscl-3.3.z]

1740347 - CVE-2018-20852 python: Cookie domain check returns incorrect results

1749103 - rh-python36 cannot unpickle datetime.date objects [rhscl-3.3.z]

1749839 - CVE-2019-16056 python: email.utils.parseaddr wrongly parses email addresses

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