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Medium ALSA-2023:7034 2 CVEs

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

Published Nov 14, 2023 · 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: tarfile module directory traversal (CVE-2007-4559)
* python-requests: Unintended leak of Proxy-Authorization header (CVE-2023-32681)

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 59

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 python39 3.9.18-1.module_el8.9.0+3672+853baa42
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-cffi 1.14.3-2.module_el8.6.0+3248+c431e88c
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-cryptography 3.3.1-2.module_el8.6.0+3248+c431e88c
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-Cython 0.29.21-5.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-Cython 0.29.21-5.module_el8.6.0+3248+c431e88c
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-debug 3.9.18-1.module_el8.9.0+3672+853baa42
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-devel 3.9.18-1.module_el8.9.0+3672+853baa42
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-idle 3.9.18-1.module_el8.9.0+3672+853baa42
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 3.9.18-1.module_el8.9.0+3672+853baa42
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-lxml 4.6.5-1.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-lxml 4.6.5-1.module_el8.6.0+3248+c431e88c
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-mod_wsgi 4.7.1-7.module_el8.9.0+3634+fb2a896c
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 1.19.4-3.module_el8.6.0+3248+c431e88c
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-numpy-f2py 1.19.4-3.module_el8.6.0+3248+c431e88c
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-packaging 20.4-4.module_el8.6.0+2780+a40f65e1
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-pip 20.2.4-8.module_el8.9.0+3634+fb2a896c
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-pip-wheel 20.2.4-8.module_el8.9.0+3634+fb2a896c
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-psutil 5.8.0-4.module_el8.6.0+3248+c431e88c
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-psycopg2 2.8.6-2.module_el8.7.0+3344+df07b58a
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-psycopg2-doc 2.8.6-2.module_el8.7.0+3344+df07b58a
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-psycopg2-tests 2.8.6-2.module_el8.7.0+3344+df07b58a
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 2.7.1-1.module_el8.6.0+3248+c431e88c
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-pybind11-devel 2.7.1-1.module_el8.6.0+3248+c431e88c
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-pyyaml 5.4.1-1.module_el8.6.0+3248+c431e88c
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-requests 2.25.0-3.module_el8.9.0+3634+fb2a896c
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-rpm-macros 3.9.18-1.module_el8.9.0+3672+853baa42
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-scipy 1.5.4-5.module_el8.9.0+3634+fb2a896c
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 3.9.18-1.module_el8.9.0+3672+853baa42
AlmaLinux · 8 python39-tkinter 3.9.18-1.module_el8.9.0+3672+853baa42
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 2

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2007-4559 Public exploit EPSS 27%

    Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allow…

  • Medium 6.1
    CVE-2023-32681 Public exploit

    Unintended leak of Proxy-Authorization header in requests

    Requests is a HTTP library. Since Requests 2.3.0, Requests has been leaking Proxy-Authorization headers to destination servers when redirected to an HTTPS endpoint. This is a product of how we use `rebuild_proxies` to reattach the `Proxy-Authorization` header…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4559
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32681
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2209469
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2213595
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2213837
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2213849
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2217858
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2218275
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2222715
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/263261
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-7034.html