15-Year-Old Unpatched Python Vulnerability Potentially Affects Over 350,000 Projects

As many as 350,000 open source projects are believed to be potentially vulnerable to exploitation as a result of a security flaw in a Python module that has remained unpatched for 15 years. The open source repositories span a number of industry verticals, such as software development, artificial...

Limiting the Software Supply Chain Attack Surface

Limiting the Software Supply Chain Attack Surface By Trellix · September 21, 2022 This blog was written by Douglas McKee We often discuss how the intentions of an action matter, and it's clear to see why they do. If I am walking down the sidewalk, distracted by my phone of course and run into a...

RHEL 7 : python (RHSA-2021:0881)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0881 advisory. Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic dat...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: python security update

An update for python is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: python security update

An update for python is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impac...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: python security update

An update for python is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

The vulnerability of the _proc_pax function (Lib/tarfile.py) in the Python programming language allows a attacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the procpax function in the Lib/tarfile.py module of the Python interpreter is related to insufficient input validation. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause service failures remotely...

CentOS 8 : python38:3.8 (CESA-2020:4641)

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:4641 advisory. - PyYAML: command execution through python/object/apply constructor in FullLoader CVE-2019-20477 - python: infinite loop in the tarfile module via...

Scientific Linux Security Update : python on SL7.x i686/x86_64 (2020:5009)

The remote Scientific Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SLSA-2020:5009-1 advisory. - python: infinite loop in the tarfile module via crafted TAR archive CVE-2019-20907 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied...

python: infinite loop in the tarfile module via crafted TAR archive

A flaw was found in python. In Lib/tarfile.py an attacker is able to craft a TAR archive leading to an infinite loop when opened by tarfile.open, because procpax lacks header validation...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: python3 security update

An update for python3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

Security Bulletin: Publicly disclosed vulnerability from Python affects IBM Netezza Host Management

Summary Python is used by IBM Netezza Host Management. This bulletin provides mitigation for the reported CVE. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2019-20907 DESCRIPTION: Python is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the tarfile module in Lib/tarfile.py. By persuading a victim to...

ALSA-2020:4654 Moderate: python27:2.7 security update

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language that supports modules, classes, exceptions, high-level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing. The python27 packages provide a stable release of Python 2.7 with a number of additional utilities and database connectors for...

Moderate: python38:3.8 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...

python: infinite loop in the tarfile module via crafted TAR archive

A flaw was found in python. In Lib/tarfile.py an attacker is able to craft a TAR archive leading to an infinite loop when opened by tarfile.open, because procpax lacks header validation...

python: infinite loop in the tarfile module via crafted TAR archive

A flaw was found in python. In Lib/tarfile.py an attacker is able to craft a TAR archive leading to an infinite loop when opened by tarfile.open, because procpax lacks header validation...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: python27 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for python27-python, python27-python-pip, and python27-python-virtualenv is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detail...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-python36 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for rh-python36-python, rh-python36-python-pip, and rh-python36-python-virtualenv is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives...

python: infinite loop in the tarfile module via crafted TAR archive

A flaw was found in python. In Lib/tarfile.py an attacker is able to craft a TAR archive leading to an infinite loop when opened by tarfile.open, because procpax lacks header validation...

Fedora 32 : python34 (2020-d30881c970)

CVE-2019-20907: Avoid infinite loop in the tarfile module - CVE-2020-14422: Resolve hash collisions for IPv4Interface and IPv6Interface - CVE-2020-26116: HTTP request method CRLF injection in httplib This update brings Fedora 32's python34 in sync with the EPEL7 package. Note that Tenable Network...