Security
Security
A vulnerability in Python could lead to a Denial of Service condition.
| Package | dev-lang/python on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.7.18-r2 < 3.6.10-r2 < 3.7.7-r2 < 3.8.2-r2 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.7.18-r2 >= 3.6.10-r2 >= 3.7.7-r2 >= 3.8.2-r2 |
Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.
An issue was discovered in urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler which allowed a remote attacker to send malicious data causing extensive regular expression backtracking.
An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Python 2.7 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-2.7.18-r2:2.7"
All Python 3.6 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-3.6.10-r2:3.6"
All Python 3.7 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-3.7.7-r2:3.7"
All Python 3.8 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-3.8.2-r2:3.8"