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A python37 security update has been released for Fedora 32.



SECURITY: Fedora 32 Update: python37-3.7.8-2.fc32


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-87c0a0a52d
2020-08-06 04:02:19.816221
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Name : python37
Product : Fedora 32
Version : 3.7.8
Release : 2.fc32
URL :   https://www.python.org/
Summary : Version 3.7 of the Python interpreter
Description :
Python 3.7 package for developers.

This package exists to allow developers to test their code against an older
version of Python. This is not a full Python stack and if you wish to run
your applications with Python 3.7, see other distributions
that support it, such as an older Fedora release.

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Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2019-20907, CVE-2020-14422. Provide a versioned
pathfix3.7.py command.
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Jul 28 2020 Charalampos Stratakis - 3.7.8-2
- Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files (CVE-2019-20907)
Resolves: rhbz#1856481
- Resolve hash collisions for Pv4Interface and IPv6Interface (CVE-2020-14422)
Resolves: rhbz#1854926
- Ship versioned pathfixX.Y.py in main and non-main Python versions
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1854926 - CVE-2020-14422 python: DoS via inefficiency in IPv{4,6}Interface classes
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1854926
[ 2 ] Bug #1856481 - CVE-2019-20907 python: infinite loop in the tarfile module via crafted TAR archive
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1856481
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-87c0a0a52d' 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

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