RedHat: RHSA-2019-3590:01 Moderate: python-urllib3 security update
Summary
The python-urllib3 package provides the Python HTTP module with connection
pooling and file POST abilities.
Security Fix(es):
* python-urllib3: CRLF injection due to not encoding the '\r\n' sequence
leading to possible attack on internal service (CVE-2019-11236)
* python-urllib3: Certification mishandle when error should be thrown
(CVE-2019-11324)
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 Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11236 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11324 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.1_release_notes/
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source:
python-urllib3-1.24.2-2.el8.src.rpm
noarch:
python3-urllib3-1.24.2-2.el8.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for python-urllib3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - noarch
Bugs Fixed
1700824 - CVE-2019-11236 python-urllib3: CRLF injection due to not encoding the '\r\n' sequence leading to possible attack on internal service
1702473 - CVE-2019-11324 python-urllib3: Certification mishandle when error should be thrown
