CVE-2022-48560

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 MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Security Fix(es):

• pypa-setuptools: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py (CVE-2022-40897)

• python: use after free in heappushpop() of heapq module (CVE-2022-48560)

• python: XML External Entity in XML processing plistlib module (CVE-2022-48565)

• python-urllib3: Cookie request header isn't stripped during cross-origin redirects (CVE-2023-43804)

• jinja2: HTML attribute injection when passing user input as keys to xmlattr filter (CVE-2024-22195)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.10 Release Notes linked from the References section.

A use-after-free exists in Python through 3.9 via heappushpop in heapq.

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.

Security Fix(es):

• python: use after free in heappushpop() of heapq module (CVE-2022-48560)
• python: DoS when processing malformed Apple Property List files in binary format (CVE-2022-48564)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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 MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Security Fix(es):

• pypa-setuptools: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py (CVE-2022-40897)
• python: use after free in heappushpop() of heapq module (CVE-2022-48560)
• python: XML External Entity in XML processing plistlib module (CVE-2022-48565)
• python-urllib3: Cookie request header isn't stripped during cross-origin redirects (CVE-2023-43804)
• jinja2: HTML attribute injection when passing user input as keys to xmlattr filter (CVE-2024-22195)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

A use-after-free exists in Python through 3.9 via heappushpop in heapq.

A use-after-free exists in Python through 3.9 via heappushpop in heapq.

A use-after-free exists in Python through 3.9 via heappushpop in heapq.

• SECURITY UPDATE: use-after-free in heapq
  • debian/patches/CVE-2022-48560.patch: Fix posible crash in heapq with custom comparison operators
  • CVE-2022-48560

• CVE-2022-48560: Fix SIGSEGV in Python via heappushpop in heapq

• CVE-2022-48560: fix posible crash in heapq with custom comparison operators

• CVE-2022-48560: fix posible crash in heapq with custom comparison operators

• CVE-2022-48560: Fix SIGSEGV in Python via heappushpop in heapq

• CVE-2022-48560: fix posible crash in heapq with custom comparison operators

• CVE-2022-48560: Fix SIGSEGV in Python via heappushpop in heapq

• CVE-2022-48560: Fix SIGSEGV in Python via heappushpop in heapq

• CVE-2022-48560: Fix SIGSEGV in Python via heappushpop in heapq

• SECURITY UPDATE: posible crash in heapq with custom comparison operators
  • debian/patches/CVE-2022-48560.patch: disallow releasing heap items during a comparison callback
  • CVE-2022-48560

• SECURITY UPDATE: Posible crash in heapq with custom comparison operators
  • debian/patches/CVE-2022-48560.patch: Disallow releasing heap items during a comparison callback
  • CVE-2022-48560

• SECURITY UPDATE: Posible crash in heapq with custom comparison operators
  • debian/patches/CVE-2022-48560.patch: Disallow releasing heap items during a comparison callback
  • CVE-2022-48560

A use-after-free exists in Python through 3.9 via heappushpop in heapq.

These are all security issues fixed in the python-2.7.18-41.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

A use-after-free exists in Python through 3.9 via heappushpop in heapq.

This update for python fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2023-52425: Fixed using the system libexpat (bsc#1219559).
• CVE-2023-27043: Modifed fix for unicode string handling in email.utils.parseaddr() (bsc#1222537).
• CVE-2022-48560: Fixed use-after-free in Python via heappushpop in heapq (bsc#1214675).

Bug fixes:

• Switch off tests. ONLY FOR FACTORY!!! (bsc#1219306).
• Build with -std=gnu89 to build correctly with gcc14 (bsc#1220970).
• Switch from %patchN style to the %patch -P N one.

This update for python fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2023-52425: Fixed using the system libexpat (bsc#1219559).
• CVE-2023-27043: Modifed fix for unicode string handling in email.utils.parseaddr() (bsc#1222537).
• CVE-2022-48560: Fixed use-after-free in Python via heappushpop in heapq (bsc#1214675).
• CVE-2024-0450: Detect the vulnerability of the 'quoted-overlap' zipbomb (bsc#1221854).

Bug fixes:

• Switch off tests. ONLY FOR FACTORY!!! (bsc#1219306).
• Build with -std=gnu89 to build correctly with gcc14 (bsc#1220970).
• Switch from %patchN style to the %patch -P N one.

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain scripts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash.

USN-6394-1 fixed a vulnerability in Python. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain scripts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash.

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-20107)

It was discovered that Python incorrectly used regular expressions vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-1060, CVE-2018-1061)

It was discovered that Python failed to initialize Expat’s hash salt. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause hash collisions, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-14647)

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain pickle files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to consume memory, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-20406)

It was discovered that Python incorrectly validated the domain when handling cookies. An attacker could possibly trick Python into sending cookies to the wrong domain. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-20852)

Jonathan Birch and Panayiotis Panayiotou discovered that Python incorrectly handled Unicode encoding during NFKC normalization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-9636, CVE-2019-10160)

It was discovered that Python incorrectly parsed certain email addresses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to trick Python applications into accepting email addresses that should be denied. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-16056)

It was discovered that the Python documentation XML-RPC server incorrectly handled certain fields. A remote attacker could use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-16935)

It was discovered that Python documentation had a misleading information. A security issue could be possibly caused by wrong assumptions of this information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-17514)

It was discovered that Python incorrectly stripped certain characters from requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform CRLF injection. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-18348)

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain TAR archives. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-20907)

Colin Read and Nicolas Edet discovered that Python incorrectly handled parsing certain X509 certificates. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Python to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-5010)

It was discovered that incorrectly handled certain ZIP files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-9674)

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain urls. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform CRLF injection attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-9740, CVE-2019-9947)

Sihoon Lee discovered that Python incorrectly handled the local_file: scheme. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass blocklist meschanisms. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-9948)

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain IP values. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-14422)

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain character sequences. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform CRLF injection. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu…

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain scripts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. (CVE-2022-48560)

It was discovered that Python did not properly handle XML entity declarations in plist files. An attacker could possibly use this vulnerability to perform an XML External Entity (XXE) injection, resulting in a denial of service or information disclosure. (CVE-2022-48565)

It was discovered that Python did not properly provide constant-time processing for a crypto operation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing attack and recover sensitive information. (CVE-2022-48566)

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into running a specially crafted input, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-24329)

It was discovered that Python instances of ssl.SSLSocket were vulnerable to a bypass of the TLS handshake. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications to treat unauthenticated received data before TLS handshake as authenticated data after TLS handshake. (CVE-2023-40217)