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Medium RLSA-2021:2583 1 CVE

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

Published Jun 29, 2021 · Updated Feb 5, 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 42

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 babel 0:2.7.0-10.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 Cython 0:0.29.14-4.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 mod_wsgi 0:4.6.8-3.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 numpy 0:1.17.3-5.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 pytest 0:4.6.6-3.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-asn1crypto 0:1.2.0-3.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-atomicwrites 0:1.3.0-8.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-attrs 0:19.3.0-3.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-cffi 0:1.13.2-3.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-chardet 0:3.0.4-19.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-cryptography 0:2.8-3.module+el8.5.0+672+ab6eb015
Rocky Linux · 8 python-cryptography 0:2.8-3.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-idna 0:2.8-6.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-jinja2 0:2.10.3-4.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-lxml 0:4.4.1-5.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-markupsafe 0:1.1.1-6.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-more-itertools 0:7.2.0-5.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-packaging 0:19.2-3.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-pluggy 0:0.13.0-3.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-ply 0:3.11-10.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-psutil 0:5.6.4-3.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-psycopg2 0:2.8.4-4.module+el8.6.0+794+eba84017
Rocky Linux · 8 python-psycopg2 0:2.8.4-4.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-py 0:1.8.0-8.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-pycparser 0:2.19-3.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-PyMySQL 0:0.10.1-1.module+el8.5.0+672+ab6eb015
Rocky Linux · 8 python-PyMySQL 0:0.10.1-1.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-pysocks 0:1.7.1-4.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-requests 0:2.22.0-9.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-urllib3 0:1.25.7-4.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-wcwidth 0:0.1.7-16.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python-wheel 0:0.33.6-5.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python38 0:3.8.6-3.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python3x-pip 0:19.3.1-1.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python3x-pyparsing 0:2.4.5-3.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python3x-setuptools 0:41.6.0-4.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 python3x-six 0:1.12.0-10.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 pytz 0:2019.3-3.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144
Rocky Linux · 8 PyYAML 0:5.4.1-1.module+el8.5.0+672+ab6eb015
Rocky Linux · 8 PyYAML 0:5.4.1-1.module+el8.4.0+574+843c4898
Rocky Linux · 8 scipy 0:1.3.1-4.module+el8.5.0+672+ab6eb015
Rocky Linux · 8 scipy 0:1.3.1-4.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144

Vulnerabilities 1

  • 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…

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1860466