Debian Security Advisory DSA 2880-1 (python2.7 - security update)

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Summary
Multiple security issues were discovered in Python: CVE-2013-4238 Ryan Sleevi discovered that NULL characters in the subject alternate names of SSL cerficates were parsed incorrectly. CVE-2014-1912 Ryan Smith-Roberts discovered a buffer overflow in the socket.recvfrom_into() function.
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 2.7.3-6+deb7u2. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.7.6-7. We recommend that you upgrade your python2.7 packages.
Insight
Version 2.7 of the high-level, interactive object oriented language, includes an extensive class library with lots of goodies for network programming, system administration, sounds and graphics.
Affected
python2.7 on Debian Linux
Detection
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
High Severity
Classification
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