RLSA-2022:8493

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Published
2022-11-16T10:26:42Z
Modified
2023-02-02T13:57:01.656497Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Important: python3.9 security update
Details

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: local privilege escalation via the multiprocessing forkserver start method (CVE-2022-42919)

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.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:9 / python3.9

Package

Name
python3.9
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/python3.9?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:3.9.14-1.el9_1.1