openSUSE Security Update: Security update for python
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1859-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1177211
Cross-References: CVE-2020-26116
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.1
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for python fixes the following issues:

– bsc#1177211 (CVE-2020-26116) no longer allowing special characters in
the method parameter
of HTTPConnection.putrequest in httplib, stopping injection of headers.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or “zypper patch”.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

– openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-1859=1

Package List:

– openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):

libpython2_7-1_0-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
libpython2_7-1_0-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-base-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-base-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-base-debugsource-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-curses-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-curses-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-debugsource-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-demo-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-devel-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-gdbm-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-gdbm-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-idle-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-tk-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-tk-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-xml-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-xml-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1

– openSUSE Leap 15.1 (noarch):

python-doc-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-doc-pdf-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1

– openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

libpython2_7-1_0-32bit-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
libpython2_7-1_0-32bit-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-32bit-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-32bit-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-base-32bit-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1
python-base-32bit-debuginfo-2.7.17-lp151.10.25.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26116.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177211

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