RedHat: RHSA-2019-3704:01 Moderate: numpy security update
Summary
The numpy packages provide NumPY. NumPY is an extension to the Python
programming language, which adds support for large, multi-dimensional
arrays and matrices, and a library of mathematical functions that operate
on such arrays.
Security Fix(es):
* numpy: crafted serialized object passed in numpy.load() in pickle python
module allows arbitrary code execution (CVE-2019-6446)
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-2019-6446 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 AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
numpy-1.14.3-9.el8.src.rpm
aarch64:
numpy-debugsource-1.14.3-9.el8.aarch64.rpm
python3-numpy-1.14.3-9.el8.aarch64.rpm
python3-numpy-debuginfo-1.14.3-9.el8.aarch64.rpm
python3-numpy-f2py-1.14.3-9.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
numpy-debugsource-1.14.3-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm
python3-numpy-1.14.3-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm
python3-numpy-debuginfo-1.14.3-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm
python3-numpy-f2py-1.14.3-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
numpy-debugsource-1.14.3-9.el8.s390x.rpm
python3-numpy-1.14.3-9.el8.s390x.rpm
python3-numpy-debuginfo-1.14.3-9.el8.s390x.rpm
python3-numpy-f2py-1.14.3-9.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
numpy-debugsource-1.14.3-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
python3-numpy-1.14.3-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
python3-numpy-debuginfo-1.14.3-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
python3-numpy-f2py-1.14.3-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
An update for numpy 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 AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1667950 - CVE-2019-6446 numpy: crafted serialized object passed in numpy.load() in pickle python module allows arbitrary code execution
1687873 - numpy.test() fails