Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20211761
Revision Date:2021-05-18Version:637
Title:RHSA-2021:1761: python27:2.7 security and bug fix 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: CRLF injection via HTTP request method in httplib/http.client (CVE-2020-26116)

  • python-urllib3: CRLF injection via HTTP request method (CVE-2020-26137)

  • python-lxml: mXSS due to the use of improper parser (CVE-2020-27783)

  • python: Stack-based buffer overflow in PyCArg_repr in _ctypes/callproc.c (CVE-2021-3177)

    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 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2020-26116
    CVE-2020-26137
    CVE-2020-27783
    CVE-2021-3177
    RHSA-2021:1761
    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