RHSA-2016:1626MediumCVSS 5.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: python security update

Published
August 18, 2016
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2016-0772 →CVE-2016-5699 →CVE-2016-1000110 →

📋 Description

CVE-2016-0772 — python: smtplib StartTLS stripping attack CVE-2016-5699 — python: http protocol steam injection attack CVE-2016-1000110 — CGIHandler: sets environmental variable based on user supplied Proxy request header

🎯 Affected products180

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • python-0:2.6.6-66.el6_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • python-0:2.6.6-66.el6_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • python-0:2.6.6-66.el6_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • python-0:2.6.6-66.el6_8.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • python-0:2.6.6-66.el6_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • python-0:2.6.6-66.el6_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • python-0:2.6.6-66.el6_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • python-0:2.6.6-66.el6_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • python-0:2.6.6-66.el6_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • python-0:2.6.6-66.el6_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • python-0:2.6.6-66.el6_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • python-0:2.6.6-66.el6_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • python-0:2.6.6-66.el6_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • python-0:2.7.5-38.el7_2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • +150 more not shown

✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (8)