Security update for python3

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:0467-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-9674 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2019-9674 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-8492 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-8492 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

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

Description:

This update for python3 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2019-9674: Improved the documentation to reflect the dangers of zip-bombs (bsc#1162825).
  • CVE-2020-8492: Fixed a regular expression in urrlib that was prone to denial of service via HTTP (bsc#1162367).

Non-security issue fixed:

  • If the locale is "C", coerce it to C.UTF-8 (bsc#1162423).

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-467=1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2020-467=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python3-tk-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • python3-tk-debuginfo-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • python3-curses-debuginfo-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • python3-debugsource-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • python3-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • python3-dbm-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • python3-idle-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • python3-base-debugsource-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • python3-devel-debuginfo-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • libpython3_6m1_0-debuginfo-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • libpython3_6m1_0-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • python3-base-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • python3-debuginfo-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • python3-dbm-debuginfo-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • python3-curses-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • python3-devel-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • python3-base-debuginfo-3.6.10-3.47.2
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python3-base-debuginfo-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • python3-base-debugsource-3.6.10-3.47.2
    • python3-tools-3.6.10-3.47.2

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