Red Hat alert RHSA-2023:5994-01 (python27:2.7)

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
Important. 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.

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: TLS handshake bypass (CVE-2023-40217)

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.

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