SUSE-SU-2016:2270-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:2270-1

    Published: 9 Sept 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for python

    Details: This update for python fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-0772: smtplib vulnerability opens startTLS stripping attack (bsc#984751) - CVE-2016-5699: incorrect validation of HTTP headers allow header injection (bsc#985348) - CVE-2016-1000110: HTTPoxy vulnerability in urllib, fixed by disregarding HTTP_PROXY when REQUEST_METHOD is also set (bsc#989523)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162270-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/984751, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985348, https://bugzilla.suse.com/989523, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0772, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000110, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5699

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.9-39.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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