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Fedora 27: python34 Critical Integer Overflow - HEAP Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey December 19, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
This Ubuntu security patch resolves an integer underflow causing a stack-based buffer overflow issue in python3.8.
Security fix for CVE-2017-1000158

Summary

Python 3.4 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 3.4, see other distributions

that support it, such as CentOS or RHEL with Software Collections.

Security fix for CVE-2017-1000158

[ 1 ] Bug #1519595 - CVE-2017-1000158 python: Integer overflow in PyString_DecodeEscape results in heap-base buffer overflow

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1519595

su -c 'dnf upgrade python34' 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/

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Product: Fedora 27
Version: 3.4.7
Release: 2.fc27
Summary: Version 3.4 of the Python programming language

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