ELSA-2012-0744

ELSA-2012-0744 - python security update

Type:	SECURITY
Severity:	MODERATE
Release Date:	2012-06-18

Description

[2.6.6-29.el6_2.2]
- if hash randomization is enabled, also enable it within pyexpat
Resolves: CVE-2012-0876

[2.6.6-29.el6_2.1]
- distutils.config: create ~/.pypirc securely
Resolves: CVE-2011-4944
- fix endless loop in SimpleXMLRPCServer upon malformed POST request
Resolves: CVE-2012-0845
- send encoding in SimpleHTTPServer.list_directory to protect IE7 against
potential XSS attacks
Resolves: CVE-2011-4940
- oCERT-2011-003: add -R command-line option and PYTHONHASHSEED environment
variable, to provide an opt-in way to protect against denial of service
attacks due to hash collisions within the dict and set types
Resolves: CVE-2012-1150

Related CVEs

CVE-2011-4940

CVE-2011-4944

CVE-2012-0845

CVE-2012-1150

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 6 (i386)	python-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.src.rpm	1c3240a19d343807faed98db00f3caba	ELSA-2019-4877
	python-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.i686.rpm	6950418eddee970e9d8cbbdb058960d6	ELSA-2019-4877
	python-devel-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.i686.rpm	8b25ed646b4fd0ffa5c3ae84c4996e6a	ELSA-2019-4877
	python-libs-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.i686.rpm	c17ab823c85fa0df7ea4071ef53deaaa	ELSA-2019-4877
	python-test-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.i686.rpm	7445126fd02314053a1754504c4e4b20	ELSA-2019-4877
	python-tools-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.i686.rpm	a902c469f8052ece517c6eb643a5e67b	ELSA-2019-4877
	tkinter-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.i686.rpm	ef641a99add039d6ba3692b713fd97f0	ELSA-2019-4877
Oracle Linux 6 (x86_64)	python-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.src.rpm	1c3240a19d343807faed98db00f3caba	ELSA-2019-4877
	python-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.i686.rpm	6950418eddee970e9d8cbbdb058960d6	ELSA-2019-4877
	python-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.x86_64.rpm	547bd8a07b2973e1ae8c8970255fe0d7	ELSA-2019-4877
	python-devel-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.i686.rpm	8b25ed646b4fd0ffa5c3ae84c4996e6a	ELSA-2019-4877
	python-devel-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.x86_64.rpm	5fdb962c9caeda6a51c7f8125ff1f6fb	ELSA-2019-4877
	python-libs-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.i686.rpm	c17ab823c85fa0df7ea4071ef53deaaa	ELSA-2019-4877
	python-libs-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.x86_64.rpm	c5a5091471b0c27c74aec406aa62b1d8	ELSA-2019-4877
	python-test-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.x86_64.rpm	5a01d30493da8e131d5a3b8a0d359462	ELSA-2019-4877
	python-tools-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.x86_64.rpm	5af15336c8756e5f5061718a8f870df8	ELSA-2019-4877
	tkinter-2.6.6-29.el6_2.2.x86_64.rpm	d66d28abbc2a326ab6c83a4caaaa52b1	ELSA-2019-4877

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