Bug 1886754

Summary:	python27:2.7/python2: Update the python interpreter to its last upstream release, 2.7.18
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak>
Component:	python2	Assignee:	Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Lukáš Zachar <lzachar>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	8.4	CC:	pviktori
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Rebase
Target Release:	8.0
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Fixed In Version:	python27-2.7-8040020201009123158.cdb2db54 python2-2.7.18-1.module+el8.4.0+8390+51da10ea	Doc Type:	No Doc Update
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Description Charalampos Stratakis 2020-10-09 10:35:33 UTC

Updating the python 2 interpreter to the latest bugfix release will ensure that the interpreter gets the latest bug and security fixes.

Python 2.7.18 is the last bugfix release of the Python 2 series.

Full changelog: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/2.7/Misc/NEWS.d/2.7.18rc1.rst

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2021-05-18 15:21:12 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Moderate: python27:2.7 security and bug fix update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1761