ELSA-2020-4433: Security update for 7 packages

ELSA-2020-4433, released November 10, 2020, fixes 4 CVEs across 7 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVEs closed

None rated Critical

Exploited

None reported

Highest CVSS

7.5

Base score, 0 to 10

Highest EPSS

0.1271

96th percentile

Priority of the 4 CVEs

Patch now 0
                                Urgent 0
                                High 1
                                Routine 3

Fixed package versions

Product	Release	Fixed in
platform-python	ol 8	0:3.6.8-31.0.1.el8
platform-python-debug	ol 8	0:3.6.8-31.0.1.el8
platform-python-devel	ol 8	0:3.6.8-31.0.1.el8
python3-idle	ol 8	0:3.6.8-31.0.1.el8
python3-libs	ol 8	0:3.6.8-31.0.1.el8
python3-test	ol 8	0:3.6.8-31.0.1.el8
python3-tkinter	ol 8	0:3.6.8-31.0.1.el8

CVEs this fix closes

Priority	CVE	Title	CVSS	EPSS	Exploitation
High	CVE-2019-20907	Python 3.6 and 3 others: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')	7.5	0.0296	None reported
Routine	CVE-2020-14422	Python 3.6 and 3 others: Lib/ipaddress.py in Python through 3.8.3 improperly computes hash values in the IPv4Interface and IPv6Interface…	5.9	0.1271	None reported
Routine	CVE-2020-8492	Python 3.6 and 3 others: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption	6.5	0.0662	None reported
Routine	CVE-2019-16935	Python 3.6 and 2 others: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	6.1	0.0465	None reported

Also fixes CVE-2019-20907

Python 3.7 3.7.9
Python 3.7
Python 3.8 3.8.5
Python 3.8
idle-python2.7 2.7.18-1~20.04.1
idle-python2.7 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)
libpython2.7 2.7.18-1~20.04.1
libpython2.7 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)
libpython2.7-minimal 2.7.18-1~20.04.1
libpython2.7-minimal on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)
libpython2.7-stdlib 2.7.18-1~20.04.1
libpython2.7-stdlib on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)
libpython2.7-testsuite 2.7.18-1~20.04.1
libpython2.7-testsuite on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)
python2.7 2.7.18-1~20.04.1
python2.7 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)

Vendor advisory

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4433.html

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