Security update for python-urllib3

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0139-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-9015 ( SUSE ): 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2016-9015 ( NVD ): 3.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • Public Cloud Module 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for python-urllib3 fixes the following issues:

python-urllib3 was updated to version 1.22 (fate#326733, bsc#1110422) and contains new features and lots of bugfixes:

The full changelog can be found on:

    https://github.com/Lukasa/urllib3/blob/1.22/CHANGES.rst

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2016-9015: TLS certificate validation vulnerability (bsc#1024540). (This issue did not affect our previous version 1.16.)

Non security issues fixed:

  • bsc#1074247: Fix test suite, use correct date (gh#shazow/urllib3#1303).

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:

  • Public Cloud Module 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2019-139=1

Package List:

  • Public Cloud Module 12 (noarch)
    • python-urllib3-1.22-3.10.1
    • python3-urllib3-1.22-3.10.1

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