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RedHat: RHSA-2022-8353-01 Moderate: Python3.9 Information Disclosure Fix

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Calendar Grey November 15, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Ubuntu announces a patch for python3.10, addressing vulnerabilities and improving features for Server 22.04.
An update for python3.9 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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: python3.9 (3.9.14). (BZ#2128249)
Security Fix(es):
* python: mailcap: findmatch() function does not sanitize the second argument (CVE-2015-20107)
* python: open redirection vulnerability in lib/http/server.py may lead to information disclosure (CVE-2021-28861)
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 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate bug fix security fix information disclosure red hat enterprise python update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-20107 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28861 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.1_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
aarch64: python3-devel-3.9.14-1.el9.aarch64.rpm python3-tkinter-3.9.14-1.el9.aarch64.rpm python3.9-debuginfo-3.9.14-1.el9.aarch64.rpm python3.9-debugsource-3.9.14-1.el9.aarch64.rpm
noarch: python-unversioned-command-3.9.14-1.el9.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: python3-devel-3.9.14-1.el9.ppc64le.rpm python3-tkinter-3.9.14-1.el9.ppc64le.rpm python3.9-debuginfo-3.9.14-1.el9.ppc64le.rpm python3.9-debugsource-3.9.14-1.el9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: python3-devel-3.9.14-1.el9.s390x.rpm python3-tkinter-3.9.14-1.el9.s390x.rpm python3.9-debuginfo-3.9.14-1.el9.s390x.rpm python3.9-debugsource-3.9.14-1.el9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: python3-devel-3.9.14-1.el9.i686.rpm python3-devel-3.9.14-1.el9.x86_64.rpm python3-tkinter-3.9.14-1.el9.x86_64.rpm python3.9-debuginfo-3.9.14-1.el9.i686.rpm python3.9-debuginfo-3.9.14-1.el9.x86_64.rpm python3.9-debugsource-3.9.14-1.el9.i686.rpm python3.9-debugsource-3.9.14-1.el9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9):
Source: python3.9-3.9.14-1.el9.src.rpm
aarch64: python3-3.9.14-1.el9.aarch64.rpm python3-libs-3.9.14-1.el9.aarch64.rpm python3.9-debuginfo-3.9.14-1.el9.aarch64.rpm python3.9-debugsource-3.9.14-1.el9.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: python3-3.9.14-1.el9.ppc64le.rpm python3-libs-3.9.14-1.el9.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:8353-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8353
Issue date: 2022-11-15

Topic

An update for python3.9 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.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 bug fix security fix information disclosure red hat enterprise python update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2054702 - hashlib.algorithms_available lists algorithms that are not available

2059951 - Please backport testsuite fix into python in RHEL 9

2075390 - CVE-2015-20107 python: mailcap: findmatch() function does not sanitize the second argument

2120642 - CVE-2021-28861 python: open redirection vulnerability in lib/http/server.py may lead to information disclosure

2128249 - Autobind of empty unix socket on Linux broken since python 3.9 [rhel-9.1.0]

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