Security update for python36

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:0557-1
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:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

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

Description:

This update for python36 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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-557=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-557=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-557=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • python36-base-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • python36-base-debugsource-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • python36-debugsource-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • libpython3_6m1_0-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • python36-base-debuginfo-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • python36-debuginfo-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • python36-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • libpython3_6m1_0-debuginfo-3.6.10-4.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python36-base-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • python36-base-debugsource-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • python36-debugsource-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • libpython3_6m1_0-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • python36-base-debuginfo-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • python36-debuginfo-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • python36-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • libpython3_6m1_0-debuginfo-3.6.10-4.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • python36-base-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • python36-base-debugsource-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • python36-debugsource-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • libpython3_6m1_0-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • python36-base-debuginfo-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • python36-debuginfo-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • python36-3.6.10-4.6.1
    • libpython3_6m1_0-debuginfo-3.6.10-4.6.1

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