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Medium ALSA-2021:2583 2 CVEs

Moderate: python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 security update

Published Jun 29, 2021 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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):

* PyYAML: incomplete fix for CVE-2020-1747 (CVE-2020-14343)

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.

Fixed packages 38

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-asn1crypto 1.2.0-3.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-atomicwrites 1.3.0-8.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-atomicwrites 1.3.0-8.module_el8.4.0+2510+cb4d423d
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-attrs 19.3.0-3.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-attrs 19.3.0-3.module_el8.4.0+2510+cb4d423d
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-cffi 1.13.2-3.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-chardet 3.0.4-19.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-cryptography 2.8-3.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-Cython 0.29.14-4.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-idna 2.8-6.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-markupsafe 1.1.1-6.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-mod_wsgi 4.6.8-3.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-more-itertools 7.2.0-5.module_el8.4.0+2510+cb4d423d
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-more-itertools 7.2.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-packaging 19.2-3.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-packaging 19.2-3.module_el8.4.0+2510+cb4d423d
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-pluggy 0.13.0-3.module_el8.4.0+2510+cb4d423d
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-pluggy 0.13.0-3.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-ply 3.11-10.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-psycopg2 2.8.4-4.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-psycopg2-doc 2.8.4-4.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-psycopg2-tests 2.8.4-4.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-py 1.8.0-8.module_el8.4.0+2510+cb4d423d
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-py 1.8.0-8.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-pycparser 2.19-3.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-PyMySQL 0.10.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-pyparsing 2.4.5-3.module_el8.4.0+2510+cb4d423d
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-pyparsing 2.4.5-3.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-pysocks 1.7.1-4.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-pytest 4.6.6-3.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-pytest 4.6.6-3.module_el8.4.0+2510+cb4d423d
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-pytz 2019.3-3.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-pyyaml 5.4.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-requests 2.22.0-9.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-scipy 1.3.1-4.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-six 1.12.0-10.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-wcwidth 0.1.7-16.module_el8.6.0+2778+cd494b30
AlmaLinux · 8 python38-wcwidth 0.1.7-16.module_el8.4.0+2510+cb4d423d

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2020-14343 Public exploit

    Improper Input Validation in PyYAML

    A vulnerability was discovered in the PyYAML library in versions before 5.4, where it is susceptible to arbitrary code execution when it processes untrusted YAML files through the full_load method or with the FullLoader loader. Applications that use the libra…

  • Critical 9.8

    Improper Input Validation in PyYAML

    A vulnerability was discovered in the PyYAML library in versions before 5.3.1, where it is susceptible to arbitrary code execution when it processes untrusted YAML files through the full_load method or with the FullLoader loader. Applications that use the lib…

References

  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-14343