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Medium ALSA-2022:1763 1 CVE

Moderate: python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9 security update

Published May 10, 2022 · Updated Nov 2, 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):

* python-lxml: HTML Cleaner allows crafted and SVG embedded scripts to pass through (CVE-2021-43818)

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 49

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 python39 3.9.7-1.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-attrs 20.3.0-2.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-cffi 1.14.3-2.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-chardet 3.0.4-19.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-cryptography 3.3.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-Cython 0.29.21-5.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-debug 3.9.7-1.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-devel 3.9.7-1.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-idle 3.9.7-1.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-idna 2.10-3.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-iniconfig 1.1.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-libs 3.9.7-1.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-lxml 4.6.5-1.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-mod_wsgi 4.7.1-4.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-more-itertools 8.5.0-2.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-numpy 1.19.4-3.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-numpy-doc 1.19.4-3.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-numpy-f2py 1.19.4-3.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-packaging 20.4-4.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-pip 20.2.4-7.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-pip-wheel 20.2.4-7.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-pluggy 0.13.1-3.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-ply 3.11-10.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-psutil 5.8.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-psycopg2 2.8.6-2.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-psycopg2-doc 2.8.6-2.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-psycopg2-tests 2.8.6-2.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-py 1.10.0-1.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-pybind11 2.7.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-pybind11-devel 2.7.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-pycparser 2.20-3.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-PyMySQL 0.10.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-pyparsing 2.4.7-5.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-pysocks 1.7.1-4.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-pytest 6.0.2-2.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-pyyaml 5.4.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-requests 2.25.0-2.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-rpm-macros 3.9.7-1.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-scipy 1.5.4-3.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-setuptools 50.3.2-4.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-setuptools-wheel 50.3.2-4.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-six 1.15.0-3.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-test 3.9.7-1.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-tkinter 3.9.7-1.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-toml 0.10.1-5.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-urllib3 1.25.10-4.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-wcwidth 0.2.5-3.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-wheel 1:0.35.1-4.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-wheel-wheel 1:0.35.1-4.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.2

    HTML Cleaner allows crafted and SVG embedded scripts to pass through

    lxml is a library for processing XML and HTML in the Python language. Prior to version 4.6.5, the HTML Cleaner in lxml.html lets certain crafted script content pass through, as well as script content in SVG files embedded using data URIs. Users that employ th…

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2003102
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2006790
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2032569
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-1763.html
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-43818