QID 240287

Date Published: 2022-05-12

QID 240287: Red Hat Update for python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 (RHSA-2022:1764)

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: urllib: regular expression dos in abstractbasicauthhandler (cve-2021-3733)
  • python-lxml: html cleaner allows crafted and svg embedded scripts to pass through (cve-2021-43818)
  • python: urllib.parse does not sanitize urls containing ascii newline and tabs (cve-2022-0391)
  • python: urllib: http client possible infinite loop on a 100 continue response (cve-2021-3737)

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



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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.
  • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2022:1764 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 240287

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2022:1764 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1764