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Red Hat OpenStack 16.1.6 RHSA-2021:2116-01 Moderate Threats Addressed

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The recent update for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.6 mitigates moderate vulnerabilities associated with python-httplib2, which could result in security issues.
An update for python-httplib2 is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 (Train)

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

A comprehensive HTTP client library that supports many features left out of other HTTP libraries.
Security Fix(es):
* CRLF injection via an attacker controlled unescaped part of uri for httplib2.Http.request function (CVE-2020-11078)
* Regular expression denial of service via malicious header (CVE-2021-21240)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service security update DoS threat CRLF injection Red Hat OpenStack python-httplib2

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11078 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21240 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1:
Source: python-httplib2-0.13.1-2.el8ost.src.rpm
noarch: python3-httplib2-0.13.1-2.el8ost.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:2116-01
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2116
Issue date: 2021-05-26

Topic

An update for python-httplib2 is now available for Red Hat OpenStackPlatform 16.1 (Train).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 moderate denial of service security update DoS threat CRLF injection Red Hat OpenStack python-httplib2

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1845937 - CVE-2020-11078 python-httplib2: CRLF injection via an attacker controlled unescaped part of uri for httplib2.Http.request function

1926885 - CVE-2021-21240 python-httplib2: Regular expression denial of service via malicious header

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