RHSA-2024:9923: Moderate: python3.12-urllib3 security update
Moderate: python3.12-urllib3 security update
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urllib3 is a powerful, user-friendly HTTP client for Python. urllib3 brings many critical features that are missing from the Python standard libraries: • Thread safety. • Connection pooling. • Client-side SSL/TLS verification. • File uploads with multipart encoding. • Helpers for retrying requests and dealing with HTTP redirects. • Support for gzip, deflate, brotli, and zstd encoding. • Proxy support for HTTP and SOCKS. • 100% test coverage.Security Fix(es): urllib3: proxy-authorization request header is not stripped during cross-origin redirects (CVE-2024-37891) 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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What is the severity of RHSA-2024:9923?
The severity of RHSA-2024:9923 is classified as moderate.
What software packages are affected by RHSA-2024:9923?
RHSA-2024:9923 affects various versions of python3.12-urllib3 on multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux platforms.
How do I fix RHSA-2024:9923?
To fix RHSA-2024:9923, you need to update python3.12-urllib3 to version 1.26.18-2.el9_4.1.
What does the python3.12-urllib3 update in RHSA-2024:9923 address?
The update in RHSA-2024:9923 addresses security vulnerabilities in the urllib3 library used by Python applications.
Is it necessary to apply the RHSA-2024:9923 update?
Yes, applying the RHSA-2024:9923 update is important to mitigate potential security risks associated with the affected urllib3 version.