RHSA-2020:4299: Moderate: rh-python38 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

First published: Tue Oct 20 2020(Updated: )

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.<br>The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: rh-python38-python (3.8.6). (BZ#1885289)<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> python-psutil: double free because of refcount mishandling (CVE-2019-18874)</li> <li> python: infinite loop in the tarfile module via crafted TAR archive (CVE-2019-20907)</li> <li> python: DoS via inefficiency in IPv{4,6}Interface classes (CVE-2020-14422)</li> <li> python: CRLF injection via HTTP request method in httplib/http.client (CVE-2020-26116)</li> <li> python-urllib3: CRLF injection via HTTP request method (CVE-2020-26137)</li> 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.

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