Debian DSA 819-1 Critical: Python2.1 Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.3dfsg-1sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.3dfsg-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your python2.1 packages.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody

Size/MD5 checksum: 1283 c9ff65f00a6c41911c5574d11969e9bb
Size/MD5 checksum: 70770 55ed38527e9b65d527a69935858bce02
Size/MD5 checksum: 6194246 1ae739aa5824de263923df3516eeaf80

Architecture independent components:

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