Issued:
2024-01-24
Updated:
2024-01-24

RHSA-2024:0430 - Moderate: python3 security update

Synopsis

Moderate: python3 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

An update for python3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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: tarfile module directory traversal (CVE-2007-4559)

  • python: int() type in PyLong_FromString() does not limit amount of digits converting text to int leading to DoS (CVE-2020-10735)

  • python: CPU denial of service via inefficient IDNA decoder (CVE-2022-45061)

  • python: use after free in heappushpop() of heapq module (CVE-2022-48560)

  • python: DoS when processing malformed Apple Property List files in binary format (CVE-2022-48564)

  • python: Parsing errors in email/_parseaddr.py lead to incorrect value in email address part of tuple (CVE-2023-27043)

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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support8.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension8.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support8.6ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support8.6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support8.6aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.6ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS8.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS8.6x86_64

Updated Packages

  • python3-debuginfo-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.s390x.rpm
  • python3-idle-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • python3-libs-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.i686.rpm
  • python3-tkinter-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.i686.rpm
  • platform-python-devel-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.i686.rpm
  • python3-debuginfo-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.i686.rpm
  • platform-python-debug-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.x86_64.rpm
  • python3-test-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.s390x.rpm
  • platform-python-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.i686.rpm
  • python3-test-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.i686.rpm
  • python3-debugsource-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • python3-debugsource-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.s390x.rpm
  • platform-python-debug-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.s390x.rpm
  • python3-idle-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.aarch64.rpm
  • python3-debuginfo-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • python3-libs-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • python3-tkinter-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.s390x.rpm
  • python3-debuginfo-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.aarch64.rpm
  • platform-python-debug-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.aarch64.rpm
  • python3-idle-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.x86_64.rpm
  • python3-idle-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.s390x.rpm
  • platform-python-devel-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.aarch64.rpm
  • platform-python-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.x86_64.rpm
  • platform-python-devel-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.x86_64.rpm
  • python3-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.src.rpm
  • python3-debugsource-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.aarch64.rpm
  • python3-debugsource-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.i686.rpm
  • python3-libs-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.s390x.rpm
  • platform-python-debug-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • python3-debuginfo-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.x86_64.rpm
  • python3-debugsource-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.x86_64.rpm
  • python3-libs-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.x86_64.rpm
  • python3-test-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.aarch64.rpm
  • platform-python-devel-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • platform-python-devel-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.s390x.rpm
  • python3-libs-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.aarch64.rpm
  • python3-idle-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.i686.rpm
  • python3-test-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • python3-test-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.x86_64.rpm
  • python3-tkinter-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.aarch64.rpm
  • python3-tkinter-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.x86_64.rpm
  • python3-tkinter-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • platform-python-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.aarch64.rpm
  • platform-python-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • platform-python-debug-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.i686.rpm
  • platform-python-3.6.8-47.el8_6.4.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information