ELSA-2011-0554

ELSA-2011-0554 - python security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type:	SECURITY
Impact:	MODERATE
Release Date:	2011-05-28

Description

python:
[2.6.6-20]
Resolves: CVE-2010-3493

[2.6.6-19]
Resolves: CVE-2011-1015

[2.6.6-18]
Resolves: CVE-2011-1521

[2.6.6-17]
- recompile against systemtap 1.4
Related: rhbz#569695

[2.6.6-16]
- recompile against systemtap 1.4
Related: rhbz#569695

[2.6.6-15]
- fix race condition that sometimes breaks the build with parallel make
Resolves: rhbz#690315

[2.6.6-14]
- backport pre-canned ways of salting a password to the 'crypt' module
Resolves: rhbz#681878

[2.6.6-13]
- move lib2to3/tests to the python-test subpackage
Related: rhbz#625395

[2.6.6-12]
- fix a new test in 2.6.6 that was failing on 64-bit big-endian architectures
Resolves: rhbz#677392

[2.6.6-11]
- fix incompatibility between 2.6.6 and our non-standard M2Crypto.SSL.SSLTimeoutError
Resolves: rhbz#681811

[2.6.6-10]
- add workaround for bug in rhythmbox-0.12 exposed by python 2.6.6
Resolves: rhbz#684991

[2.6.6-9]
- prevent tracebacks for the 'py-bt' gdb command on x86_64
Resolves: rhbz#639392

[2.6.6-8]
- fix a regression in 2.6.6 relative to 2.6.5 in urllib2
Resolves: rhbz#669847

[2.6.6-7]
- add an optional 'timeout' argument to the subprocess module (patch 131)
Resolves: rhbz#567229

[2.6.6-6]
- prevent _sqlite3.so being built with a redundant RPATH of _libdir (patch 130)
- remove DOS batch file 'idle.bat'
- remove shebang lines from .py files that aren't executable, and remove
executability from .py files that don't have a shebang line
Related: rhbz#634944
- add 'Obsoletes: python-ssl' to core package, as 2.6 contains the ssl module
Resolves: rhbz#529274

[2.6.6-5]
- allow the 'no_proxy' environment variable to override 'ftp_proxy' in
urllib2 (patch 128)
Resolves: rhbz#637895
- make garbage-collection assertion failures more informative (patch 129)
Resolves: rhbz#614680

[2.6.6-4]
- backport subprocess fixes to use the 'poll' system call, rather than 'select'
Resolves: rhbz#650588

[2.6.6-3]
- use an ephemeral port for IDLE, enabling multiple instances to be run
Resolves: rhbz#639222
- add systemtap static markers, tapsets, and example scripts
Resolves: rhbz#569695

[2.6.6-2]
- fix dbm.release on ppc64/s390x
Resolves: rhbz#626756
- fix missing lib2to3 test files
Resolves: rhbz#625395
- fix test.test_commands SELinux incompatibility
Resolves: rhbz#625393
- make 'pydoc -k' more robust in the face of broken modules
Resolves: rhbz#603073

[2.6.6-1]
- rebase to 2.6.6: (which contains the big whitespace cleanup of r81031)
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.6/
- fixup patch 102, patch 11, patch 52, patch 110
- drop upstreamed patches: patch 113 (CVE-2010-1634), patch 114
(CVE-2010-2089), patch 115 (CVE-2008-5983), patch 116 (rhbz598564),
patch 118 (rhbz540518)
- add fix for upstream bug in test_posix.py introduced in 2.6.6 (patch 120)
Resolves: rhbz#627301

python-docs:

[2.6.6-2]
- rebuild

[2.6.6-1]
- rebase to 2.6.6 to track the main python package
Related: rhbz#627301

Related CVEs

CVE-2011-1521

CVE-2010-3493

CVE-2011-1015

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	sha256	Superseded By Advisory	Channel Label
Oracle Linux 6 (i386)	python-2.6.6-20.el6.src.rpm	6a091278b77af4aaa46d64cbfdb37fce4ff37c878239a82e2b36ade03202e24c	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_i386_latest_archive
	python-2.6.6-20.el6.src.rpm	6a091278b77af4aaa46d64cbfdb37fce4ff37c878239a82e2b36ade03202e24c	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_i386_latest
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_i386_latest_archive
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u10_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u1_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u2_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u3_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u4_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u5_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u6_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u7_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u8_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u9_i386_base
	python-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	fba0fffb6cad7675ff3b8383b2b1a6082c624d69b84132b97bb6267b60a5bd20	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_i386_latest_archive
	python-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	fba0fffb6cad7675ff3b8383b2b1a6082c624d69b84132b97bb6267b60a5bd20	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_i386_base
	python-devel-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	d6e1b82d3defce21ecca9cbd695b97983f494427788d3aabf794e6161cdff1db	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_i386_latest_archive
	python-devel-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	d6e1b82d3defce21ecca9cbd695b97983f494427788d3aabf794e6161cdff1db	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_i386_latest
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_i386_latest_archive
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u10_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u1_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u2_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u3_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u4_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u5_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u6_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u7_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u8_i386_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u9_i386_base
	python-libs-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	bc365fff40341ea8cf4cd5a11ad103fb023456cfb7ab9351f360442ab0417ecb	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_i386_latest_archive
	python-libs-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	bc365fff40341ea8cf4cd5a11ad103fb023456cfb7ab9351f360442ab0417ecb	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_i386_base
	python-test-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	9b795e40f4a550dab0525692a07598a5d6e9795a32534ef4e34b35b57a44bb70	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_i386_latest_archive
	python-test-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	9b795e40f4a550dab0525692a07598a5d6e9795a32534ef4e34b35b57a44bb70	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_i386_base
	python-tools-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	3a9058a91071328f1a3b3df3b7e4d2447370e887f7b0255ae1e4bff21975866a	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_i386_latest_archive
	python-tools-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	3a9058a91071328f1a3b3df3b7e4d2447370e887f7b0255ae1e4bff21975866a	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_i386_base
	tkinter-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	06ea682d15bd2a581e744556aec3bccab52846a8bc5b241971e8ed9774a3d736	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_i386_latest_archive
	tkinter-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	06ea682d15bd2a581e744556aec3bccab52846a8bc5b241971e8ed9774a3d736	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_i386_base
Oracle Linux 6 (x86_64)	python-2.6.6-20.el6.src.rpm	6a091278b77af4aaa46d64cbfdb37fce4ff37c878239a82e2b36ade03202e24c	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_x86_64_base
	python-2.6.6-20.el6.src.rpm	6a091278b77af4aaa46d64cbfdb37fce4ff37c878239a82e2b36ade03202e24c	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_x86_64_latest_archive
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u10_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u1_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u2_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u3_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u4_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u5_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u6_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u7_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u8_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_u9_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_x86_64_latest
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.src.rpm	847600c46d0219a6d380ef9d44c20cf8aa0b9eabe763dd48a902822f232c0b49	-	ol6_x86_64_latest_archive
	python-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	fba0fffb6cad7675ff3b8383b2b1a6082c624d69b84132b97bb6267b60a5bd20	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_x86_64_base
	python-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	fba0fffb6cad7675ff3b8383b2b1a6082c624d69b84132b97bb6267b60a5bd20	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_x86_64_latest_archive
	python-2.6.6-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	3ebd43259922d9699f4456ca567105d1534b81095a7cdcea0ea7fddb07d9a0a1	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_x86_64_base
	python-2.6.6-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	3ebd43259922d9699f4456ca567105d1534b81095a7cdcea0ea7fddb07d9a0a1	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_x86_64_latest_archive
	python-devel-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	d6e1b82d3defce21ecca9cbd695b97983f494427788d3aabf794e6161cdff1db	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_x86_64_base
	python-devel-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	d6e1b82d3defce21ecca9cbd695b97983f494427788d3aabf794e6161cdff1db	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_x86_64_latest_archive
	python-devel-2.6.6-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	1b6241594db04d078985847a2d4e1e6765c2e4969a400273e39e68370ab5134c	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_x86_64_base
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	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u10_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u1_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u2_x86_64_base
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	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u4_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u5_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u6_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u7_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u8_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_u9_x86_64_base
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_x86_64_latest
	python-docs-2.6.6-2.el6.noarch.rpm	404c77824b7a897f01b12b0f79998989012578298fdb9f48dcf760fcd3e2d68e	-	ol6_x86_64_latest_archive
	python-libs-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	bc365fff40341ea8cf4cd5a11ad103fb023456cfb7ab9351f360442ab0417ecb	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_x86_64_base
	python-libs-2.6.6-20.el6.i686.rpm	bc365fff40341ea8cf4cd5a11ad103fb023456cfb7ab9351f360442ab0417ecb	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_x86_64_latest_archive
	python-libs-2.6.6-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	65a3a413c4588199bc0f5398a6ead4a8a24d52c8202560e0d4f7192abb45c860	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_x86_64_base
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	python-test-2.6.6-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	27cc2f6cfe149fa74204d106c787f004c1e09a4efc1f5c03d0631c35ffb121d4	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_x86_64_base
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	python-tools-2.6.6-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	e15c77304c8726761bf264cceca3ae1dff4b0aae3d80873c39d449d3604e2c84	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_x86_64_base
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	tkinter-2.6.6-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	d7b3bed8a78a5c8fa1fe9633c897424d4eb4dd35d61111741f2fa7cbfff2cd81	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_u1_x86_64_base
	tkinter-2.6.6-20.el6.x86_64.rpm	d7b3bed8a78a5c8fa1fe9633c897424d4eb4dd35d61111741f2fa7cbfff2cd81	ELSA-2023-3550	ol6_x86_64_latest_archive

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