RHSA-2022:6766MediumCVSS 7.6

Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-python38-python security update

Published
October 3, 2022
Last Modified
October 8, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2015-20107 →CVE-2020-10735 →CVE-2021-28861 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-20107 — python: mailcap: findmatch() function does not sanitize the second argument CVE-2020-10735 — python: int() type in PyLong_FromString() does not limit amount of digits converting text to int leading to DoS CVE-2021-28861 — python: open redirection vulnerability in lib/http/server.py may lead to information disclosure

🎯 Affected products40

  • Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-0:3.8.14-1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-0:3.8.14-1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-0:3.8.14-1.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-0:3.8.14-1.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-0:3.8.14-1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-0:3.8.14-1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-debug-0:3.8.14-1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-debug-0:3.8.14-1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-debug-0:3.8.14-1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-debug-0:3.8.14-1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-debuginfo-0:3.8.14-1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-debuginfo-0:3.8.14-1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-debuginfo-0:3.8.14-1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-debuginfo-0:3.8.14-1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-devel-0:3.8.14-1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-devel-0:3.8.14-1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-devel-0:3.8.14-1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-devel-0:3.8.14-1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-idle-0:3.8.14-1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-idle-0:3.8.14-1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-idle-0:3.8.14-1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-idle-0:3.8.14-1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-libs-0:3.8.14-1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-libs-0:3.8.14-1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-libs-0:3.8.14-1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-libs-0:3.8.14-1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-rpm-macros-0:3.8.14-1.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)
  • rh-python38-python-rpm-macros-0:3.8.14-1.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7)
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✅ 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 Workaround: Users should upgrade to the latest version. If this is not possible and the affected version of the Python mailcap module has to be used then applications that use mailcap module should verify user input before passing it to the mailcap module, and the returned command before executing it.

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