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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-5699) (Multiple Advisories): python security and bug fix update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-5699) (Multiple Advisories): python security and bug fix update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/02/2016
Modified
01/22/2020

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the HTTPConnection.putheader function in urllib2 and urllib in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.10 and 3.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via CRLF sequences in a URL.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-debug
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-test
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-tkinter

References

  • ELSA-2017-1868
  • RHSA-2016:1626
  • RHSA-2016:1627
  • RHSA-2016:1628
  • RHSA-2016:1629
  • RHSA-2016:1630
  • 91226
  • CVE-2016-5699
  • USN-3134-1
  • DLA-522-1
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