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ALSA-2022:8353 Not scored

Moderate: python3.9 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: python3.9 (3.9.14). (BZ#2128249) Security Fix(es): * python: mailcap: findmatch() function does not sanitize the second argument (CVE-2015-20107) * python: open redirection vulnerability in lib/http/server.py may lead to information disclosure (CVE-2021-28861) 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.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published November 15, 2022
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:9 python-unversioned-command
AlmaLinux:9 python3
AlmaLinux:9 python3-debug
AlmaLinux:9 python3-devel
AlmaLinux:9 python3-idle
AlmaLinux:9 python3-libs
AlmaLinux:9 python3-test
AlmaLinux:9 python3-tkinter

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities ALSA-2022:8353

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. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: python3.9 (3.9.14). (BZ#2128249) Security Fix(es): * python: mailcap: findmatch() function does not sanitize the second argument (CVE-2015-20107) * python: open redirection vulnerability in lib/http/server.py may lead to information disclosure (CVE-2021-28861) 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.

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05 / REFERENCES

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