Synopsis

Important: python-jinja2 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

An update for python-jinja2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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

The python-jinja2 package contains Jinja2, a template engine written in pure Python. Jinja2 provides a Django inspired non-XML syntax but supports inline expressions and an optional sandboxed environment.

Security Fix(es):

• python-jinja2: Sandbox escape due to information disclosure via str.format (CVE-2016-10745)
  

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

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

For the update to take effect, all applications using Jinja2 must be restarted.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1698345 - CVE-2016-10745 python-jinja2: Sandbox escape due to information disclosure via str.format

CVEs

• CVE-2016-10745

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4

SRPM
python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 4834672511794bfd8b4463f51d68744d8bd2340ea084aa79b93b079e786e404d
x86_64
python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_4.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 2502a9e4a4c39967e38fd482c9525413086bbcfa4bc4a79a56dee165cd666fcd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.4

SRPM
python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 4834672511794bfd8b4463f51d68744d8bd2340ea084aa79b93b079e786e404d
x86_64
python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_4.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 2502a9e4a4c39967e38fd482c9525413086bbcfa4bc4a79a56dee165cd666fcd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4

SRPM
python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 4834672511794bfd8b4463f51d68744d8bd2340ea084aa79b93b079e786e404d
ppc64le
python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_4.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 2502a9e4a4c39967e38fd482c9525413086bbcfa4bc4a79a56dee165cd666fcd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4

SRPM
python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 4834672511794bfd8b4463f51d68744d8bd2340ea084aa79b93b079e786e404d
x86_64
python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_4.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 2502a9e4a4c39967e38fd482c9525413086bbcfa4bc4a79a56dee165cd666fcd