RLSA-2021:1761

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RLSA-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 Rocky Linux 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

References: https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:1761, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1883014, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1883632, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1886754, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901633, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1918168