Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200409-03 (Python)

Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200409-03.
Solution
All Python 2.2 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=dev-lang/python-2.2.2' # emerge '>=dev-lang/python-2.2.2' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200409-03 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62440 http://www.osvdb.org/4172
Insight
Python 2.2 has a vulnerability in DNS handling when IPV6 is disabled and a malformed IPV6 address is encountered by getaddrinfo().