3.7.9

Include/patchlevel.h

@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 /*--start constants--*/
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION        3
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION        7
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION        8
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION        9
 #define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL        PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION              "3.7.8+"
+#define PY_VERSION              "3.7.9"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.

Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py

 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Wed Jun 17 04:38:18 2020
+# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Sat Aug 15 01:12:49 2020
 topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
            '**********************\n'
            '\n'

Misc/NEWS.d/3.7.9.rst

+.. bpo: 41304
+.. date: 2020-07-15-20-15-08
+.. nonce: vNEeYA
+.. release date: 2020-08-15
+.. section: Security
+
+Fixes `python3x._pth` being ignored on Windows, caused by the fix for
+:issue:`29778` (CVE-2020-15801).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 29778
+.. date: 2020-07-03-17-21-37
+.. nonce: cR_fGS
+.. section: Security
+
+Ensure :file:`python3.dll` is loaded from correct locations when Python is
+embedded (CVE-2020-15523).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41004
+.. date: 2020-06-29-16-02-29
+.. nonce: ovF0KZ
+.. section: Security
+
+CVE-2020-14422: The __hash__() methods of  ipaddress.IPv4Interface and
+ipaddress.IPv6Interface incorrectly generated constant hash values of 32 and
+128 respectively. This resulted in always causing hash collisions. The fix
+uses hash() to generate hash values for the tuple of (address, mask length,
+network address).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39603
+.. date: 2020-02-12-14-17-39
+.. nonce: Gt3RSg
+.. section: Security
+
+Prevent http header injection by rejecting control characters in
+http.client.putrequest(...).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 33786
+.. date: 2018-06-06-23-24-40
+.. nonce: lBvT8z
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix asynchronous generators to handle GeneratorExit in athrow() correctly
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41288
+.. date: 2020-07-13-15-06-35
+.. nonce: 8mn5P-
+.. section: Library
+
+Unpickling invalid NEWOBJ_EX opcode with the C implementation raises now
+UnpicklingError instead of crashing.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39017
+.. date: 2020-07-12-22-16-58
+.. nonce: x3Cg-9
+.. section: Library
+
+Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files using the
+tarfile module (CVE-2019-20907).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41235
+.. date: 2020-07-07-21-56-26
+.. nonce: H2csMU
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix the error handling in :meth:`ssl.SSLContext.load_dh_params`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41100
+.. date: 2020-08-15-00-33-27
+.. nonce: AksBg1
+.. section: macOS
+
+Additional fixes for testing on macOS 11 Big Sur Intel. Note: macOS 11 is
+not yet released, this release of Python is not fully supported on 11.0, and
+not all tests pass.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-06-06-23-24-40.bpo-33786.lBvT8z.rst

-Fix asynchronous generators to handle GeneratorExit in athrow() correctly

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-07-21-56-26.bpo-41235.H2csMU.rst

-Fix the error handling in :meth:`ssl.SSLContext.load_dh_params`.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-12-22-16-58.bpo-39017.x3Cg-9.rst

-Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files using the tarfile module (CVE-2019-20907).

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-13-15-06-35.bpo-41288.8mn5P-.rst

-Unpickling invalid NEWOBJ_EX opcode with the C implementation raises now
-UnpicklingError instead of crashing.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-02-12-14-17-39.bpo-39603.Gt3RSg.rst

-Prevent http header injection by rejecting control characters in
-http.client.putrequest(...).

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-06-29-16-02-29.bpo-41004.ovF0KZ.rst

-CVE-2020-14422: The __hash__() methods of  ipaddress.IPv4Interface and ipaddress.IPv6Interface incorrectly generated constant hash values of 32 and 128 respectively. This resulted in always causing hash collisions. The fix uses hash() to generate hash values for the tuple of (address, mask length, network address).

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-07-03-17-21-37.bpo-29778.cR_fGS.rst

-Ensure :file:`python3.dll` is loaded from correct locations when Python is
-embedded (CVE-2020-15523).

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-07-15-20-15-08.bpo-41304.vNEeYA.rst

-Fixes `python3x._pth` being ignored on Windows, caused by the fix for :issue:`29778` (CVE-2020-15801).

Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2020-08-15-00-33-27.bpo-41100.AksBg1.rst

-Additional fixes for testing on macOS 11 Big Sur Intel. Note: macOS 11 is
-not yet released, this release of Python is not fully supported on 11.0, and
-not all tests pass.

README.rst

-This is Python version 3.7.8+
-=============================
+This is Python version 3.7.9
+============================
 
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/python/cpython.svg?branch=3.7
    :alt: CPython build status on Travis CI