Security Vulnerabilities fixed in python RHSA-2020:4654

Description

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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Affected Applications

python

CVE References

CVE-2019-20907 CVE-2019-20916

Other References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4654