3.7.9v3.7.9

13 files changed, 95 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 3ffe89c4d59..d823319e6e7 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/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.
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
index 8340220bb80..d42bb995f99 100644
--- a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- 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'
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.7.9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.7.9.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0be740447d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.7.9.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+.. 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.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-06-06-23-24-40.bpo-33786.lBvT8z.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-06-06-23-24-40.bpo-33786.lBvT8z.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 57deefe339b..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-06-06-23-24-40.bpo-33786.lBvT8z.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix asynchronous generators to handle GeneratorExit in athrow() correctly
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-07-21-56-26.bpo-41235.H2csMU.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-07-21-56-26.bpo-41235.H2csMU.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index c55275bb1c6..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-07-21-56-26.bpo-41235.H2csMU.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix the error handling in :meth:`ssl.SSLContext.load_dh_params`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-12-22-16-58.bpo-39017.x3Cg-9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-12-22-16-58.bpo-39017.x3Cg-9.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index ad26676f8b8..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-12-22-16-58.bpo-39017.x3Cg-9.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files using the tarfile module (CVE-2019-20907).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-13-15-06-35.bpo-41288.8mn5P-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-13-15-06-35.bpo-41288.8mn5P-.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c3adbabf16..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-13-15-06-35.bpo-41288.8mn5P-.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Unpickling invalid NEWOBJ_EX opcode with the C implementation raises now
-UnpicklingError instead of crashing.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-02-12-14-17-39.bpo-39603.Gt3RSg.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-02-12-14-17-39.bpo-39603.Gt3RSg.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 990affc3edd..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-02-12-14-17-39.bpo-39603.Gt3RSg.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Prevent http header injection by rejecting control characters in
-http.client.putrequest(...).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-06-29-16-02-29.bpo-41004.ovF0KZ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-06-29-16-02-29.bpo-41004.ovF0KZ.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index f5a9db52fff..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-06-29-16-02-29.bpo-41004.ovF0KZ.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-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).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-07-03-17-21-37.bpo-29778.cR_fGS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-07-03-17-21-37.bpo-29778.cR_fGS.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 998ffb1ee66..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-07-03-17-21-37.bpo-29778.cR_fGS.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Ensure :file:`python3.dll` is loaded from correct locations when Python is
-embedded (CVE-2020-15523).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-07-15-20-15-08.bpo-41304.vNEeYA.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-07-15-20-15-08.bpo-41304.vNEeYA.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cc4bb8d280..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-07-15-20-15-08.bpo-41304.vNEeYA.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixes `python3x._pth` being ignored on Windows, caused by the fix for :issue:`29778` (CVE-2020-15801).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2020-08-15-00-33-27.bpo-41100.AksBg1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2020-08-15-00-33-27.bpo-41100.AksBg1.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index b6e12dc3404..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2020-08-15-00-33-27.bpo-41100.AksBg1.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-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.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0a6f509a31f..d1d66a85e96 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-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