RHSA-2023:7024 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for python3.11 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: file path truncation at \0 characters (CVE-2023-41105)

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

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

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 8 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 263261 - CVE-2007-4559 python: tarfile module directory traversal
• BZ - 2207631 - %py3_check_import: /usr/bin/python3.11: can't open file '/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/import_all_modules.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
• BZ - 2235795 - CVE-2023-41105 python: file path truncation at \0 characters

CVEs

• CVE-2007-4559
• CVE-2023-41105

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