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Medium RLSA-2020:4654 2 CVEs

Moderate: python27:2.7 security update

Published Nov 3, 2020 · Updated Feb 4, 2026

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 Rocky Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 54

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 babel 0:2.5.1-9.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 Cython 0:0.28.1-7.module+el8.5.0+706+735ec4b3
Rocky Linux · 8 Cython 0:0.28.1-7.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 pytest 0:3.4.2-13.module+el8.5.0+706+735ec4b3
Rocky Linux · 8 pytest 0:3.4.2-13.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-attrs 0:17.4.0-10.module+el8.5.0+706+735ec4b3
Rocky Linux · 8 python-attrs 0:17.4.0-10.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-chardet 0:3.0.4-10.module+el8.5.0+706+735ec4b3
Rocky Linux · 8 python-chardet 0:3.0.4-10.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-coverage 0:4.5.1-4.module+el8.5.0+706+735ec4b3
Rocky Linux · 8 python-coverage 0:4.5.1-4.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-dns 0:1.15.0-10.module+el8.7.0+1062+663ba31c
Rocky Linux · 8 python-dns 0:1.15.0-10.el8
Rocky Linux · 8 python-dns 0:1.15.0-10.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-docs 0:2.7.16-2.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-docutils 0:0.14-12.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-docutils 0:0.14-12.module+el8.3.0+120+426d8baf
Rocky Linux · 8 python-funcsigs 0:1.0.2-13.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-idna 0:2.5-7.module+el8.5.0+706+735ec4b3
Rocky Linux · 8 python-idna 0:2.5-7.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-ipaddress 0:1.0.18-6.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-jinja2 0:2.10-8.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-lxml 0:4.2.3-3.el8
Rocky Linux · 8 python-markupsafe 0:0.23-19.el8
Rocky Linux · 8 python-markupsafe 0:0.23-19.module+el8.5.0+706+735ec4b3
Rocky Linux · 8 python-mock 0:2.0.0-13.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-nose 0:1.3.7-30.module+el8.3.0+120+426d8baf
Rocky Linux · 8 python-pluggy 0:0.6.0-8.module+el8.5.0+706+735ec4b3
Rocky Linux · 8 python-pluggy 0:0.6.0-8.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-psycopg2 0:2.7.5-7.el8
Rocky Linux · 8 python-psycopg2 0:2.7.5-7.module+el8.5.0+706+735ec4b3
Rocky Linux · 8 python-py 0:1.5.3-6.module+el8.5.0+706+735ec4b3
Rocky Linux · 8 python-py 0:1.5.3-6.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-pygments 0:2.2.0-20.module+el8.3.0+120+426d8baf
Rocky Linux · 8 python-pymongo 0:3.6.1-11.module+el8.3.0+120+426d8baf
Rocky Linux · 8 python-PyMySQL 0:0.8.0-10.module+el8.5.0+706+735ec4b3
Rocky Linux · 8 python-PyMySQL 0:0.8.0-10.module+el8.3.0+120+426d8baf
Rocky Linux · 8 python-pysocks 0:1.6.8-6.module+el8.5.0+706+735ec4b3
Rocky Linux · 8 python-pysocks 0:1.6.8-6.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-pytest-mock 0:1.9.0-4.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-requests 0:2.20.0-3.module+el8.5.0+706+735ec4b3
Rocky Linux · 8 python-requests 0:2.20.0-3.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-setuptools_scm 0:1.15.7-6.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-sqlalchemy 0:1.3.2-2.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python-sqlalchemy 0:1.3.2-2.module+el8.3.0+120+426d8baf
Rocky Linux · 8 python-virtualenv 0:15.1.0-19.module+el8.3.0+120+426d8baf
Rocky Linux · 8 python-wheel 1:0.31.1-2.module+el8.3.0+120+426d8baf
Rocky Linux · 8 python2-pip 0:9.0.3-18.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 python2-rpm-macros 0:3-38.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 pytz 0:2017.2-12.module+el8.5.0+706+735ec4b3
Rocky Linux · 8 pytz 0:2017.2-12.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 PyYAML 0:3.12-16.module+el8.5.0+706+735ec4b3
Rocky Linux · 8 PyYAML 0:3.12-16.module+el8.4.0+403+9ae17a31
Rocky Linux · 8 scipy 0:1.0.0-20.module+el8.3.0+120+426d8baf

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1856481
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1868135