Synopsis: Low: python security and bug fix update
Issue Date: 2011-02-16
CVE Numbers: CVE-2009-4134
CVE-2010-1449
CVE-2010-1450
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Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
language.
Multiple flaws were found in the Python rgbimg module. If an application
written in Python was using the rgbimg module and loaded a
specially-crafted SGI image file, it could cause the application to crash
or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
running the application. (CVE-2009-4134, CVE-2010-1449, CVE-2010-1450)
This update also fixes the following bugs:
* Python 2.3.4’s time.strptime() function did not correctly handle the “%W”
week number format string. This update backports the _strptime
implementation from Python 2.3.6, fixing this issue. (BZ#436001)
* Python 2.3.4’s socket.htons() function returned partially-uninitialized
data on IBM System z, generally leading to incorrect results. (BZ#513341)
* Python 2.3.4’s pwd.getpwuid() and grp.getgrgid() functions did not
support the full range of user and group IDs on 64-bit architectures,
leading to “OverflowError” exceptions for large input values. This update
adds support for the full range of user and group IDs on 64-bit
architectures. (BZ#497540)
Users of Python should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches to correct these issues.
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SL4
x86_64
python-2.3.4-14.9.el4.x86_64.rpm
python-devel-2.3.4-14.9.el4.x86_64.rpm
python-docs-2.3.4-14.9.el4.x86_64.rpm
python-tools-2.3.4-14.9.el4.x86_64.rpm
tkinter-2.3.4-14.9.el4.x86_64.rpm
i386
python-2.3.4-14.9.el4.i386.rpm
python-devel-2.3.4-14.9.el4.i386.rpm
python-docs-2.3.4-14.9.el4.i386.rpm
python-tools-2.3.4-14.9.el4.i386.rpm
tkinter-2.3.4-14.9.el4.i386.rpm
– Scientific Linux Development Team
