RHSA-2016:1628MediumCVSS 5.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: python27-python security update

Published
August 18, 2016
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

📋 Description

CVE-2016-0772 — python: smtplib StartTLS stripping attack CVE-2016-5699 — python: http protocol steam injection attack CVE-2016-1000110 — CGIHandler: sets environmental variable based on user supplied Proxy request header

🎯 Affected products80

  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7)
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2)
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • python27-python-0:2.7.8-16.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • python27-python-0:2.7.8-16.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • python27-python-0:2.7.8-16.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2)
  • python27-python-0:2.7.8-16.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • python27-python-0:2.7.8-16.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • python27-python-0:2.7.8-16.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • python27-python-0:2.7.8-16.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2)
  • python27-python-0:2.7.8-16.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • python27-python-0:2.7.8-18.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • python27-python-0:2.7.8-18.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • python27-python-0:2.7.8-18.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7)
  • python27-python-0:2.7.8-18.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • python27-python-0:2.7.8-18.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • python27-python-0:2.7.8-18.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • python27-python-0:2.7.8-18.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7)
  • python27-python-0:2.7.8-18.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • python27-python-debug-0:2.7.8-16.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • python27-python-debug-0:2.7.8-16.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • python27-python-debug-0:2.7.8-16.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2)
  • python27-python-debug-0:2.7.8-16.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • python27-python-debug-0:2.7.8-18.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • python27-python-debug-0:2.7.8-18.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (6)