Security update for python3

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2859-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-0772 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2016-1000110 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • 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-2016-5699 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2

An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has three security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update provides Python 3.4.5, which brings many fixes and enhancements.

The following security issues have been fixed:

  • CVE-2016-1000110: CGIHandler could have allowed setting of HTTP_PROXY environment variable based on user supplied Proxy request header. (bsc#989523)
  • CVE-2016-0772: A vulnerability in smtplib could have allowed a MITM attacker to perform a startTLS stripping attack. (bsc#984751)
  • CVE-2016-5636: A heap overflow in Python's zipimport module. (bsc#985177)
  • CVE-2016-5699: A header injection flaw in urrlib2/urllib/httplib/http.client. (bsc#985348)

The update also includes the following non-security fixes:

  • Don't force 3rd party C extensions to be built with -Werror=declaration-after-statement. (bsc#951166)
  • Make urllib proxy var handling behave as usual on POSIX. (bsc#983582)

For a comprehensive list of changes please refer to the upstream change log: https://docs.python.org/3.4/whatsnew/changelog.html

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 Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2016-1676=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2016-1676=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2016-1676=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2016-1676=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2016-1676=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2016-1676=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • libpython3_4m1_0-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-base-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-curses-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-debugsource-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-curses-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-base-3.4.5-19.1
    • libpython3_4m1_0-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-base-debugsource-3.4.5-19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • libpython3_4m1_0-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-base-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-curses-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-debugsource-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-curses-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-base-3.4.5-19.1
    • libpython3_4m1_0-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-base-debugsource-3.4.5-19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python3-base-debugsource-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-devel-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-base-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python3-devel-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libpython3_4m1_0-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-base-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-curses-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-debugsource-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-curses-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-base-3.4.5-19.1
    • libpython3_4m1_0-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-base-debugsource-3.4.5-19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libpython3_4m1_0-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-base-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-curses-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-debugsource-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-curses-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-base-3.4.5-19.1
    • libpython3_4m1_0-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-base-debugsource-3.4.5-19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libpython3_4m1_0-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-base-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-curses-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-debugsource-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-curses-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-base-3.4.5-19.1
    • libpython3_4m1_0-debuginfo-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-3.4.5-19.1
    • python3-base-debugsource-3.4.5-19.1

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