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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2456-1 python3.5 -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

18 Nov 2020

Affected Packages:

python3.5

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-20907, CVE-2020-26116.

More information:

Multiple security issues were discovered in Python.

• CVE-2019-20907

  In Lib/tarfile.py, an attacker is able to craft a TAR archive leading to an infinite loop when opened by tarfile.open, because _proc_pax lacks header validation

• CVE-2020-26116

  http.client allows CRLF injection if the attacker controls the HTTP request method

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 3.5.3-1+deb9u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your python3.5 packages.

For the detailed security status of python3.5 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python3.5

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS