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SUSE: 2021:0457-1 Important: python-requests Security Vulnerability Notice

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Calendar Grey February 8, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
A recent update for python-urllib3 tackles a moderate severity issue, specifically addressing a critical control character injection vulnerability that has been resolved.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for python-urllib3 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-26116: Raise ValueError if method contains control characters and thus prevent CRLF injection into URLs (bsc#1177211). - Skip test for RECENT_DATE (bsc#1181571). 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 for SAP 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2021-341=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2021-341=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-341=1

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References

#1177211 #1181571

Cross- CVE-2020-26116

CVSS scores:

CVE-2020-26116 (NVD) Base Score: 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE-2020-26116 (SUSE) Base Score: 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26116.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177211

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181571

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:0341-1
Rating: moderate

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