Synopsis
Important: python27-python security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
An update for python27-python is now available for Red Hat Software Collections.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
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.
Security Fix(es):
- python: regression of CVE-2019-9636 due to functional fix to allow port numbers in netloc (CVE-2019-10160)
- python: undocumented local_file protocol allows remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms (CVE-2019-9948)
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.
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Affected Products
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.6 x86_64
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server for System Z) 1 for RHEL 7.6 s390x
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server for IBM Power LE) 1 for RHEL 7.6 ppc64le
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.5 x86_64
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server for System Z) 1 for RHEL 7.5 s390x
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server for IBM Power LE) 1 for RHEL 7.5 ppc64le
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7.4 x86_64
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server for System Z) 1 for RHEL 7.4 s390x
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server for IBM Power LE) 1 for RHEL 7.4 ppc64le
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server for System Z) 1 for RHEL 7 s390x
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server for IBM Power LE) 1 for RHEL 7 ppc64le
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Workstation) 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64
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Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Workstation) 1 for RHEL 6 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1695570 - CVE-2019-9948 python: undocumented local_file protocol allows remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms
- BZ - 1718388 - CVE-2019-10160 python: regression of CVE-2019-9636 due to functional fix to allow port numbers in netloc
CVEs
References
Vulmon