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rPath Security Advisory 2009-0122-1

Published: 2009-08-24

Products

  • rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service 1
  • rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service 2
  • rPath Linux 1
  • rPath Linux 2

Rating

Major

Exposure Level Classification

Deterministic Weakness

Updated Versions

  • idle=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.4.1-20.18-1
  • idle=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/2.4.4-41.3-1
  • python=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.4.1-20.18-1
  • python=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/2.4.4-41.3-1

rPath Issue Tracking System

References

Description

A weakness in Python's PyString_FromStringAndSize function in
previous versions of the python package makes some python programs
vulnerable to various attacks, including unauthorized code execution.

Copyright 2009 rPath, Inc. This file is distributed under the terms of the MIT License. A copy is available at http://www.rpath.com/permanent/mit-license.html