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A python-mako security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.



RHSA-2023:2893-01: Moderate: python-mako security update



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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Moderate: python-mako security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:2893-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2893
Issue date: 2023-05-16
CVE Names: CVE-2022-40023
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1. Summary:

An update for python-mako 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.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - noarch

3. Description:

Mako is a template library written in Python. It provides a familiar,
non-XML syntax which compiles into Python modules for maximum performance.

Security Fix(es):

* mako: REDoS in Lexer class (CVE-2022-40023)

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 8.8 Release Notes linked from 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/):

2128977 - CVE-2022-40023 python-mako: REDoS in Lexer class

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):

Source:
python-mako-1.0.6-14.el8.src.rpm

noarch:
python3-mako-1.0.6-14.el8.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-2022-40023
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.8_release_notes/index

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at   https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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