RHSA-2023:7042 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: python27:2.7 security and bug fix update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 15, 2023
Updated · November 1, 2026
Topic
An update for the python27:2.7 module 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.
Description
Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language that supports modules, classes, exceptions, high-level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing. The python27 packages provide a stable release of Python 2.7 with a number of additional utilities and database connectors for MySQL and PostgreSQL.
Security Fix(es):
- python-requests: Unintended leak of Proxy-Authorization header (CVE-2023-32681)
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 8.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.