Summary
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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
Fixed packages 31
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python-psycopg2-doc | 2.7.5-7.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python-sqlalchemy-doc | 1.3.2-2.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python-sqlalchemy-doc | 1.3.2-2.module_el8.5.0+2569+5c5719bc |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-attrs | 17.4.0-10.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-chardet | 3.0.4-10.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-coverage | 4.5.1-4.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-Cython | 0.28.1-7.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-dns | 1.15.0-10.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-docs | 2.7.16-2.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-docs-info | 2.7.16-2.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-docutils | 0.14-12.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-funcsigs | 1.0.2-13.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-idna | 2.5-7.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-ipaddress | 1.0.18-6.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-markupsafe | 0.23-19.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-mock | 2.0.0-13.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-pluggy | 0.6.0-8.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-psycopg2 | 2.7.5-7.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-psycopg2-debug | 2.7.5-7.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-psycopg2-tests | 2.7.5-7.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-py | 1.5.3-6.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-PyMySQL | 0.8.0-10.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-pysocks | 1.6.8-6.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-pytest | 3.4.2-13.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-pytest-mock | 1.9.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-pytz | 2017.2-12.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-pyyaml | 3.12-16.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-requests | 2.20.0-3.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-rpm-macros | 3-38.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-setuptools_scm | 1.15.7-6.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | python2-sqlalchemy | 1.3.2-2.module_el8.6.0+2781+fed64c13 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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High 7.5
Path Traversal in pip
The pip package before 19.2 for Python allows Directory Traversal when a URL is given in an install command, because a Content-Disposition header can have ../ in a filename, as demonstrated by overwriting the /root/.ssh/authorized_keys file. This occurs in _d…
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Medium 5.5
In Lib/tarfile.py in Python through 3.8.3, an attacker is able to craft a TAR archive leading to an infinite loop when …