This update for python-base fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
CVE-2018-1061: Fixed DoS via regular expression backtracking in difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method in difflib (bsc#1088004).
CVE-2018-1060: Fixed DoS via regular expression catastrophic backtracking in apop() method in pop3lib (bsc#1088009).
CVE-2016-5636: Fixed heap overflow in zipimporter module (bsc#985177)
Bug fixes:
bsc#1086001: python tarfile uses random order.
Affected Packages(18 packages)
libpython2_6-1_0
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATASUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
Fixed in:
2.6.9-40.15.1
python
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATASUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
Fixed in:
2.6.9-40.15.1
python-base
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATASUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
Fixed in:
2.6.9-40.15.1
python-curses
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATASUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
Fixed in:
2.6.9-40.15.1
python-demo
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATASUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
Fixed in:
2.6.9-40.15.1
python-doc
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATASUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
Fixed in:
2.6-8.40.15.1
python-doc-pdf
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATASUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
Fixed in:
2.6-8.40.15.1
python-gdbm
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATASUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
Fixed in:
2.6.9-40.15.1
python-idle
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATASUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
Fixed in:
2.6.9-40.15.1
python-tk
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATASUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4