SECURITY: Fedora 31 Update: python2-2.7.18-2.fc31
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-826b24c329
2020-08-06 03:56:53.814289
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Name : python2
Product : Fedora 31
Version : 2.7.18
Release : 2.fc31
URL : https://www.python.org/
Summary : An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
Description :
Python 2 is an old version of the language that is incompatible with the 3.x
line of releases. The language is mostly the same, but many details, especially
how built-in objects like dictionaries and strings work, have changed
considerably, and a lot of deprecated features have finally been removed in the
3.x line.
Note that documentation for Python 2 is provided in the python2-docs
package.
This package provides the "python2" executable; most of the actual
implementation is within the "python2-libs" package.
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Update Information:
Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files (CVE-2019-20907)
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ChangeLog:
* Mon Jul 20 2020 Petr Viktorin - 2.7.18-2
- Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files (CVE-2019-20907)
Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1856481
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1856485 - CVE-2019-20907 python2: python: infinite loop in the tarfile module via crafted TAR archive [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1856485
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-826b24c329' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
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A python2 security update has been released for Fedora 31.
