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Red Hat: RHSA-2020:1764-01 Moderate: Python3 Security Update

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Calendar Grey April 28, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Update available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to address moderate security issues in python3.
An update for python3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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: Cookie domain check returns incorrect results (CVE-2018-20852)
* python: email.utils.parseaddr wrongly parses email addresses (CVE-2019-16056)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux security impact python update Moderate severity Bug fixes

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20852 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-16056 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.2_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
aarch64: platform-python-debug-3.6.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm platform-python-devel-3.6.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm python3-debuginfo-3.6.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm python3-debugsource-3.6.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm python3-idle-3.6.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm python3-tkinter-3.6.8-23.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: platform-python-debug-3.6.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm platform-python-devel-3.6.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm python3-debuginfo-3.6.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm python3-debugsource-3.6.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm python3-idle-3.6.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm python3-tkinter-3.6.8-23.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: platform-python-debug-3.6.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm platform-python-devel-3.6.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm python3-debuginfo-3.6.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm python3-debugsource-3.6.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm python3-idle-3.6.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm python3-tkinter-3.6.8-23.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: platform-python-3.6.8-23.el8.i686.rpm platform-python-debug-3.6.8-23.el8.i686.rpm platform-python-debug-3.6.8-23.el8.x86_64.rpm platform-python-devel-3.6.8-23.el8.i686.rpm platform-python-devel-3.6.8-23.el8.x86_64.rpm python3-debuginfo-3.6.8-23.el8.i686.rpm python3-debuginfo-3.6.8-23.el8.x86_64.rpm python3-debugsource-3.6.8-23.el8.i686.rpm python3-debugsource-3.6.8-23.el8.x86_64.rpm python3-idle-3.6.8-23.el8.i686.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:1764-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1764
Issue date: 2020-04-28

Topic

An update for python3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux security impact python update Moderate severity Bug fixes

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1712977 - test_gdb: test_gc() fails on s390x with: Unable to locate python frame

1714733 - test_gdb failures on ppc64le

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

1749576 - [Amazon RHEL8.2 FEAT] Python3 - Enable "Expensive" Optimizations

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

1756217 - Lower footprint of platform-python

1761599 - FAIL_RETURN_IN_FIPS_MODE() patch breaks mod_wsgi: ValueError: unsupported hash type blake2b

1774471 - Python os.urandom() is not FIPS compliant

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