Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20214162
Revision Date:2021-11-09Version:638
Title:RHSA-2021:4162: python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 security update (Moderate)
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-psutil: Double free because of refcount mishandling (CVE-2019-18874)

  • python-jinja2: ReDoS vulnerability in the urlize filter (CVE-2020-28493)

  • python: Information disclosure via pydoc (CVE-2021-3426)

  • python-babel: Relative path traversal allows attacker to load arbitrary locale files and execute arbitrary code (CVE-2021-20095, CVE-2021-42771)

  • python: Web cache poisoning via urllib.parse.parse_qsl and urllib.parse.parse_qs by using a semicolon in query parameters (CVE-2021-23336)

  • python-lxml: Missing input sanitization for formaction HTML5 attributes may lead to XSS (CVE-2021-28957)

  • python-ipaddress: Improper input validation of octal strings (CVE-2021-29921)

  • python-urllib3: ReDoS in the parsing of authority part of URL (CVE-2021-33503)

  • python-pip: Incorrect handling of unicode separators in git references (CVE-2021-3572)

    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 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-18874
    CVE-2020-27619
    CVE-2020-28493
    CVE-2021-20095
    CVE-2021-23336
    CVE-2021-28957
    CVE-2021-29921
    CVE-2021-33503
    CVE-2021-3426
    CVE-2021-3572
    CVE-2021-42771
    RHSA-2021:4162
    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 python38:3.8 is enabled
  • Module python38-devel:3.8 is enabled
  • BACK