MGASA-2019-0318 - Updated python packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 07 Nov 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0318.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-16056,
     CVE-2019-16935

Updated python and python3 packages fix security vulnerabilities:
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
(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 (CVE-2019-16935).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25641
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4151-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16056
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16935

SRPMS:
- 7/core/python-2.7.17-1.1.mga7
- 7/core/python3-3.7.5-1.mga7