Security Vulnerabilities fixed in python RHSA-2019:2030

Description

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: Missing salt initialization in _elementtree.c module (CVE-2018-14647) * python: NULL pointer dereference using a specially crafted X509 certificate (CVE-2019-5010) * python: CRLF injection via the query part of the url passed to urlopen() (CVE-2019-9740) * python: CRLF injection via the path part of the url passed to urlopen() (CVE-2019-9947) * python: Undocumented local_file protocol allows remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms (CVE-2019-9948) 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Affected Applications

python

CVE References

CVE-2018-14647 CVE-2019-5010 CVE-2019-9740 CVE-2019-9947 CVE-2019-9948

Other References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2030