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SUSE: 2020:14306-1 Moderate: Python Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey March 3, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch: Critical python upgrade addresses a minor vulnerability related to service disruption. See SUSE-SU-2021:15892-1 for details.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for python fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2020-8492: Fixed a regular expression in urllib that was prone to denial of service via HTTP (bsc#1162367). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp4-python-14306=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-python-14306=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-python-14306=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-python-14306=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS (i586 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service security update patch suse python

References

#1162367

Cross- CVE-2020-8492

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8492.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1162367

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:14306-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service security update patch suse python

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