RHBA-2023:6800 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rhscl/python-38-rhel7 container image is now available for Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The rhscl/python-38-rhel7 container image has been updated for Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to address the following security advisory: RHSA-2023:6793 (see References)

Users of rhscl/python-38-rhel7 container images are advised to upgrade to these updated images, which contain backported patches to correct these security issues, fix these bugs and add these enhancements. Users of these images are also encouraged to rebuild all container images that depend on these images.

You can find images updated by this advisory in Red Hat Container Catalog (see References).

Solution

The Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 container image provided by this update can be downloaded from the Red Hat Container Registry at registry.access.redhat.com. Installation instructions for your platform are available at Red Hat Container Catalog (see References).

Dockerfiles and scripts should be amended either to refer to this new image specifically, or to the latest image generally.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server for System Z) 1 for RHEL 7 s390x
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server for IBM Power LE) 1 for RHEL 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 263261 - CVE-2007-4559 python: tarfile module directory traversal
• BZ - 2144072 - CVE-2022-45061 python: CPU denial of service via inefficient IDNA decoder
• BZ - 2158559 - CVE-2022-40897 pypa-setuptools: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py
• BZ - 2165864 - CVE-2022-40898 python-wheel: remote attackers can cause denial of service via attacker controlled input to wheel cli
• BZ - 2171817 - CVE-2023-23931 python-cryptography: memory corruption via immutable objects
• BZ - 2173917 - CVE-2023-24329 python: urllib.parse url blocklisting bypass
• BZ - 2209469 - CVE-2023-32681 python-requests: Unintended leak of Proxy-Authorization header
• BZ - 2235789 - CVE-2023-40217 python: TLS handshake bypass

CVEs

• CVE-2007-4559
• CVE-2022-40897
• CVE-2022-40898
• CVE-2022-45061
• CVE-2023-23931
• CVE-2023-24329
• CVE-2023-32681
• CVE-2023-40217

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6793
• https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/registry/registry.access.redhat.com/repository/rhscl/python-38-rhel7