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.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: python3.9 (3.9.14). (BZ#2128249)
Security Fix(es):
* python: mailcap: findmatch() function does not sanitize the second argument (CVE-2015-20107)
* python: open redirection vulnerability in lib/http/server.py may lead to information disclosure (CVE-2021-28861)
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 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux · 9 | python3.9 | 0:3.9.14-1.el9_1.1 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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High 7.8CVE-2015-20107 Public exploit
In Python (aka CPython) up to 3.10.8, the mailcap module does not add escape characters into commands discovered in the…
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Medium 6.5
Python 3.x through 3.10 has an open redirection vulnerability in lib/http/server.py due to no protection against multip…