Security update for python

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2018:2408-1
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1086001 bsc#1088004 bsc#1088009 bsc#985177
Cross-References:	CVE-2016-5636 CVE-2018-1060 CVE-2018-1061
CVSS scores:	CVE-2016-5636 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-5636 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2018-1060 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVE-2018-1060 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2018-1060 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2018-1061 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2018-1061 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:	SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for python-base fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2018-1061: Fixed DoS via regular expression backtracking in difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method in difflib (bsc#1088004).
• CVE-2018-1060: Fixed DoS via regular expression catastrophic backtracking in apop() method in pop3lib (bsc#1088009).
• CVE-2016-5636: Fixed heap overflow in zipimporter module (bsc#985177)

Bug fixes:

• bsc#1086001: python tarfile uses random order.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
  zypper in -t patch sleposp3-python-13737=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  zypper in -t patch sdksp4-python-13737=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3
  zypper in -t patch slessp3-python-13737=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  zypper in -t patch slessp4-python-13737=1
• SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  zypper in -t patch slessp4-python-13737=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
  • python-tk-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • libpython2_6-1_0-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-demo-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-base-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-idle-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-gdbm-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-xml-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-curses-2.6.9-40.15.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (noarch)
  • python-doc-pdf-2.6-8.40.15.1
  • python-doc-2.6-8.40.15.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (noarch)
  • python-doc-pdf-2.6-8.40.15.1
  • python-doc-2.6-8.40.15.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
  • python-tk-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-demo-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-idle-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-gdbm-2.6.9-40.15.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (x86_64)
  • python-32bit-2.6.9-40.15.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
  • python-devel-2.6.9-40.15.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 (s390x x86_64 i586)
  • python-tk-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • libpython2_6-1_0-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-demo-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-base-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-idle-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-gdbm-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-xml-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-curses-2.6.9-40.15.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 (noarch)
  • python-doc-pdf-2.6-8.40.15.1
  • python-doc-2.6-8.40.15.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 (s390x x86_64)
  • libpython2_6-1_0-32bit-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-base-32bit-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-32bit-2.6.9-40.15.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
  • python-tk-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • libpython2_6-1_0-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-demo-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-base-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-idle-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-gdbm-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-xml-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-curses-2.6.9-40.15.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (noarch)
  • python-doc-pdf-2.6-8.40.15.1
  • python-doc-2.6-8.40.15.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ia64)
  • python-base-x86-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • libpython2_6-1_0-x86-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-x86-2.6.9-40.15.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
  • libpython2_6-1_0-32bit-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-base-32bit-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-32bit-2.6.9-40.15.1
• SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
  • python-tk-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • libpython2_6-1_0-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-32bit-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-base-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-demo-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-base-32bit-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-idle-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • libpython2_6-1_0-32bit-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-gdbm-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-xml-2.6.9-40.15.1
  • python-curses-2.6.9-40.15.1
• SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (noarch)
  • python-doc-pdf-2.6-8.40.15.1
  • python-doc-2.6-8.40.15.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5636.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1060.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1061.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086001
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088004
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088009
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=985177