A Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.6 (python-httplib2) security update has been released.
RHSA-2021:2116-01: Moderate: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.6 (python-httplib2) security update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.6 (python-httplib2) security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:2116-01
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2116
Issue date: 2021-05-26
CVE Names: CVE-2020-11078 CVE-2021-21240
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1. Summary:
An update for python-httplib2 is now available for Red Hat OpenStack
Platform 16.1 (Train).
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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 - noarch
3. Description:
A comprehensive HTTP client library that supports many features left out of
other HTTP libraries.
Security Fix(es):
* CRLF injection via an attacker controlled unescaped part of uri for
httplib2.Http.request function (CVE-2020-11078)
* Regular expression denial of service via malicious header
(CVE-2021-21240)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page listed in the References section.
4. 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
5. Bugs fixed ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1845937 - CVE-2020-11078 python-httplib2: CRLF injection via an attacker controlled unescaped part of uri for httplib2.Http.request function
1926885 - CVE-2021-21240 python-httplib2: Regular expression denial of service via malicious header
6. Package List:
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1:
Source:
python-httplib2-0.13.1-2.el8ost.src.rpm
noarch:
python3-httplib2-0.13.1-2.el8ost.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/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11078
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21240
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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