(RHSA-2022:1663) Moderate: python27-python and python27-python-pip security update

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems.

Security Fix(es):

• python: urllib: Regular expression DoS in AbstractBasicAuthHandler (CVE-2021-3733)

• python: ftplib should not use the host from the PASV response (CVE-2021-4189)

• python: urllib.parse does not sanitize URLs containing ASCII newline and tabs (CVE-2022-0391)

• python: urllib: HTTP client possible infinite loop on a 100 Continue response (CVE-2021-3737)

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.