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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHSA-2020-2520-01 Moderate: Python Issue

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Calendar Grey June 10, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A timely patch for Python in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 resolves an email handling vulnerability. Discover further details within.
An update for python is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 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: 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact python email parsing issue

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-16056 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.7):
Source: python-2.7.5-87.el7_7.src.rpm
x86_64: python-2.7.5-87.el7_7.x86_64.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-87.el7_7.i686.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-87.el7_7.x86_64.rpm python-devel-2.7.5-87.el7_7.x86_64.rpm python-libs-2.7.5-87.el7_7.i686.rpm python-libs-2.7.5-87.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.7):
x86_64: python-debug-2.7.5-87.el7_7.x86_64.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-87.el7_7.x86_64.rpm python-test-2.7.5-87.el7_7.x86_64.rpm python-tools-2.7.5-87.el7_7.x86_64.rpm tkinter-2.7.5-87.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7):
Source: python-2.7.5-87.el7_7.src.rpm
ppc64: python-2.7.5-87.el7_7.ppc64.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-87.el7_7.ppc.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-87.el7_7.ppc64.rpm python-devel-2.7.5-87.el7_7.ppc64.rpm python-libs-2.7.5-87.el7_7.ppc.rpm python-libs-2.7.5-87.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: python-2.7.5-87.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-87.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm python-devel-2.7.5-87.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm python-libs-2.7.5-87.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: python-2.7.5-87.el7_7.s390x.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-87.el7_7.s390.rpm python-debuginfo-2.7.5-87.el7_7.s390x.rpm python-devel-2.7.5-87.el7_7.s390x.rpm python-libs-2.7.5-87.el7_7.s390.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:2520-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2520
Issue date: 2020-06-10

Topic

An update for python is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7Extended Update Support.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact python email parsing issue

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

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