Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20204654
Revision Date:2020-11-04Version:636
Title:RHSA-2020:4654: python27:2.7 security update (Moderate)
Description:Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language that supports modules, classes, exceptions, high-level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing. The python27 packages provide a stable release of Python 2.7 with a number of additional utilities and database connectors for MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Security Fix(es):

  • python: infinite loop in the tarfile module via crafted TAR archive (CVE-2019-20907)

  • python-pip: directory traversal in _download_http_url() function in src/pip/_internal/download.py (CVE-2019-20916)

    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.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-20907
    CVE-2019-20916
    RHSA-2020:4654
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is installed
  • OR Red Hat CoreOS 4 is installed
  • AND
  • Module python27:2.7 is enabled
  • BACK