RHSA-2023:6494: Moderate: python3.11 security update

First published: Tue Nov 07 2023(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: python3.11 (3.11.5). (BZ#2210785)<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> python: tarfile module directory traversal (CVE-2007-4559)</li> <li> python: file path truncation at \0 characters (CVE-2023-41105)</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.<br>Additional Changes:<br>For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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