ALSA-2021:1761

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ALSA-2021:1761

Summary: Moderate: python27:2.7 security and bug fix update

Details: Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language that supports modules, classes, exceptions, high-level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing. The python27 packages provide a stable release of Python 2.7 with a number of additional utilities and database connectors for MySQL and PostgreSQL. Security Fix(es): * python: CRLF injection via HTTP request method in httplib/http.client (CVE-2020-26116) * python-urllib3: CRLF injection via HTTP request method (CVE-2020-26137) * python-lxml: mXSS due to the use of improper parser (CVE-2020-27783) * python: Stack-based buffer overflow in PyCArg_repr in _ctypes/callproc.c (CVE-2021-3177) 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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-1761.html, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-26116, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-26137, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-27783, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-3177