Update to 3.6.5

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Multiple vulnerabilities were found in the CPython interpreter which can cause denial of service, information gain, and arbitrary code execution.

CVE-2017-1000158

CPython (aka Python) is vulnerable to an integer overflow in the PyString_DecodeEscape function in stringobject.c, resulting in heap-based buffer overflow (and possible arbitrary code execution)

CVE-2018-1060

python is vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking in pop3lib's apop() method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service.

CVE-2018-1061

python is vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking in the difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service.

CVE-2018-1000802

Python Software Foundation Python (CPython) version 2.7 contains a CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability in shutil module (make_archive function) that can result in Denial of service, Information gain via injection of arbitrary files on the system or entire drive. This attack appear to be exploitable via Passage of unfiltered user input to the function.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 2.7.9-2+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your python2.7 packages.

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This update for python3 to version 3.6.10 fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2017-18207: Fixed a denial of service in     Wave_read._read_fmt_chunk() (bsc#1083507).

  - CVE-2019-16056: Fixed an issue where email parsing could     fail for multiple @ (bsc#1149955).

  - CVE-2019-15903: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read in     libexpat (bsc#1149429).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Multiple security issues were discovered in Python: ElementTree failed to initialise Expat's hash salt, two denial of service issues were found in difflib and poplib and the shutil module was affected by a command injection vulnerability.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
120565	Fedora 28 : python3 (2018-7eae87ec86)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/3/2019	7/2/2024	high
117712	Debian DLA-1519-1 : python2.7 security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	9/27/2018	8/5/2024	critical
133172	openSUSE Security Update : python3 (openSUSE-2020-86) (BEAST) (httpoxy)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/22/2020	3/29/2024	critical
117812	Debian DSA-4306-1 : python2.7 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	9/28/2018	8/1/2024	critical

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