#4695: python3-3.8.5
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Reporter: bdubbs | Owner: lfs-book
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 10.0
Component: Book | Version: SVN
Severity: normal | Resolution:
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Comment (by bdubbs):
What's New in Python 3.8.5 final? Release date: 2020-07-20*
Security
- bpo-41304: Fixes `python3x._pth` being ignored on Windows, caused by the
fix for :issue:`29778` (CVE-2020-15801).
- bpo-39603: Prevent http header injection by rejecting control characters
in http.client.putrequest(...).
Core and Builtins
- bpo-41295: Resolve a regression in CPython 3.8.4 where defining
"__setattr__" in a multi-inheritance setup and calling up the hierarchy
chain could fail if builtins/extension types were involved in the base
types.
Library
- bpo-41288: Unpickling invalid NEWOBJ_EX opcode with the C implementation
raises now UnpicklingError instead of crashing.
- bpo-39017: Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files
using the tarfile module (CVE-2019-20907).
Documentation
- bpo-37703: Updated Documentation to comprehensively elaborate on the
behaviour of gather.cancel()
Build
- bpo-41302: Enable building Python 3.8 with libmpdec-2.5.0 to ease
maintenance for Linux distributions. Patch by Felix Yan.
macOS
- bpo-40741: Update macOS installer to use SQLite 3.32.3.
IDLE
- bpo-41300: Save files with non-ascii chars. Fix regression released in
3.9.0b4 and 3.8.4.
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