Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1314-1

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Giampaolo Rodola discovered that the smtpd module in Python 3 did not properly handle certain error conditions. A remote attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via daemon outage. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-3493) Niels Heinen discovered that the urllib module in Python 3 would process Location headers that specify a <A HREF='file://'>file://</A> URL. A remote attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via resource consumption. (CVE-2011-1521)

python3.1 on Ubuntu 11.04 , Ubuntu 10.10 , Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

• https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2011-December/001533.html

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Updated on 2015-03-25