Issued:
2020-03-31
Updated:
2020-03-31

RHBA-2020:1210 - python-requests bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

python-requests bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

An update for python-requests is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The python-requests package contains a library designed to make HTTP requests easy for developers.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • Package packages is no longer available - import produces AttributeError (BZ#1811051)

  • TypeError("unsupported operand type(s) for -=: 'Retry' and 'int'",) (BZ#1811058)

  • Changes to how urllib3 was imported caused Timeout stacktrace (BZ#1811108)

  • fence_vmware_soap no longer properly handles InsecureRequestWarning (BZ#1811114)

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop7x86_64

Updated Packages

  • python-requests-2.6.0-9.el7_8.src.rpm
  • python-requests-2.6.0-9.el7_8.noarch.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information