RedHat: RHSA-2021-5071:01 Moderate: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1
Summary
Eventlet is a networking library written in Python. It achieves high
scalability by using non-blocking io while at the same time retaining high
programmer usability by using coroutines to make the non-blocking io
operations appear blocking at the source code
level.
Security Fix(es):
* improper handling of highly compressed data and memory allocation with
excessive size allows DoS (CVE-2021-21419)
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.
Summary
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
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21419 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1:
Source:
python-eventlet-0.25.2-5.el8ost.1.src.rpm
noarch:
python3-eventlet-0.25.2-5.el8ost.1.noarch.rpm
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1:
Source:
python-eventlet-0.25.2-5.el8ost.1.src.rpm
noarch:
python3-eventlet-0.25.2-5.el8ost.1.noarch.rpm
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1:
Source:
python-eventlet-0.25.2-5.el8ost.1.src.rpm
noarch:
python3-eventlet-0.25.2-5.el8ost.1.noarch.rpm
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1:
Source:
python-eventlet-0.25.2-5.el8ost.1.src.rpm
noarch:
python3-eventlet-0.25.2-5.el8ost.1.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/
Topic
An update for python-eventlet 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.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 - noarch
Bugs Fixed
1958407 - CVE-2021-21419 python-eventlet: improper handling of highly compressed data and memory allocation with excessive size allows DoS