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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Moderate: python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 security update
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2023:7050-01
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7050
Issue date:         2023-11-14
Revision:           01
CVE Names:          CVE-2007-4559
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Summary: 

An update for the python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 modules is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.




Description:

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems. 

Security Fix(es):

* python: tarfile module directory traversal (CVE-2007-4559)

* python-requests: Unintended leak of Proxy-Authorization header (CVE-2023-32681)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.


Solution:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258



CVEs:

CVE-2007-4559

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.9_release_notes/index
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209469
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2213594
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2213836
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2213847
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2217853
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2217862
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218267
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222717