SB20240611192 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9 modules
Published: June 11, 2024
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Incorrect Regular Expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40897)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
2) Error Handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23931)
The vulnerability allows an attacker to misuse Python API.
The vulnerability exists due to a soundness bug within the Cipher.update_into function, which can allow immutable objects (such as bytes) to be mutated. A malicious programmer can misuse Python API to introduce unexpected behavior into the application.
3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-27043)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass filtration.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing email address with a special character. A remote attacker can bypass a protection mechanism in which application access is granted only after verifying receipt of e-mail to a specific domain.
4) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-43804)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to urllib does not strip the "Cookie" HTTP header during cross-origin HTTP redirects. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.