Security update for python-waitress

SUSE Security Update: Security update for python-waitress
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3269-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1160790 #1161088 #1161089 #1161670
Cross-References:CVE-2019-16785 CVE-2019-16786 CVE-2019-16789 CVE-2019-16792
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for python-waitress to 1.4.3 fixes the following security issues:

  • CVE-2019-16785: HTTP request smuggling through LF vs CRLF handling (bsc#1161088).
  • CVE-2019-16786: HTTP request smuggling through invalid Transfer-Encoding (bsc#1161089).
  • CVE-2019-16789: HTTP request smuggling through invalid whitespace characters (bsc#1160790).
  • CVE-2019-16792: HTTP request smuggling by sending the Content-Length header twice (bsc#1161670).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-3269=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-3269=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP2:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP2-2020-3269=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP1:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP1-2020-3269=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-3269=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-3269=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-3269=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-3269=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 (noarch):
    • python3-waitress-1.4.3-3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS (noarch):
    • python3-waitress-1.4.3-3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP2 (noarch):
    • python2-waitress-1.4.3-3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP1 (noarch):
    • python2-waitress-1.4.3-3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 (noarch):
    • python3-waitress-1.4.3-3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1 (noarch):
    • python3-waitress-1.4.3-3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS (noarch):
    • python3-waitress-1.4.3-3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS (noarch):
    • python3-waitress-1.4.3-3.3.1

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