SUSE-SU-2019:0223-1

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    SUSE-SU-2019:0223-1

    Published: 1 Feb 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for python

    Details: This update for python fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2016-0772: smtplib vulnerability opens startTLS stripping attack (bsc#984751) - CVE-2016-5636: heap overflow when importing malformed zip files (bsc#985177) - 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) - CVE-2019-5010: Fixed a denial-of-service vulnerability in the X509 certificate parser (bsc#1122191)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20190223-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1122191, https://bugzilla.suse.com/984751, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985177, 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-2016-5636, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5699, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5010

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSS

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.9-16.7.1

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High