--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-2d441a1d98
2017-12-18 19:40:13.821138
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : python26
Product     : Fedora 26
Version     : 2.6.9
Release     : 7.fc26
URL         : https://www.python.org/
Summary     : Version 2.6 of the Python programming language
Description :
Python 2.6 package for developers.

This package exists to allow developers to test their code against an older
version of Python. This is not a full Python stack and if you wish to run
your applications with Python 2.6, see other distributions
that support it, such as CentOS or RHEL 6.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

Fix for CVE-2017-1000158
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1519602 - CVE-2017-1000158 python26: python: Integer overflow in PyString_DecodeEscape results in heap-base buffer overflow [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1519602
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade python26' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Fedora 26: python26 Security Update

December 18, 2017
Fix for CVE-2017-1000158

Summary

Python 2.6 package for developers.

This package exists to allow developers to test their code against an older

version of Python. This is not a full Python stack and if you wish to run

your applications with Python 2.6, see other distributions

that support it, such as CentOS or RHEL 6.

Fix for CVE-2017-1000158

[ 1 ] Bug #1519602 - CVE-2017-1000158 python26: python: Integer overflow in PyString_DecodeEscape results in heap-base buffer overflow [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1519602

su -c 'dnf upgrade python26' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

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FEDORA-2017-2d441a1d98 2017-12-18 19:40:13.821138 Product : Fedora 26 Version : 2.6.9 Release : 7.fc26 URL : https://www.python.org/ Summary : Version 2.6 of the Python programming language Description : Python 2.6 package for developers. This package exists to allow developers to test their code against an older version of Python. This is not a full Python stack and if you wish to run your applications with Python 2.6, see other distributions that support it, such as CentOS or RHEL 6. Fix for CVE-2017-1000158 [ 1 ] Bug #1519602 - CVE-2017-1000158 python26: python: Integer overflow in PyString_DecodeEscape results in heap-base buffer overflow [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1519602 su -c 'dnf upgrade python26' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org

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Product : Fedora 26
Version : 2.6.9
Release : 7.fc26
URL : https://www.python.org/
Summary : Version 2.6 of the Python programming language

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