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Gentoo: 200907-16 Normal: Python Integer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey July 19, 2009
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Arch Linux security bulletin indicates that integer overflow vulnerabilities in Ruby could lead to unauthorized remote execution or service disruption. Immediate update essential.
Multiple integer overflows in Python have an unspecified impact.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200907-16 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Python: Integer overflows Date: July 19, 2009 Bugs: #246991 ID: 200907-16

Synopsis ======= Multiple integer overflows in Python have an unspecified impact.
Background ========= Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-lang/python < 2.5.4-r2 >= 2.5.4-r2 *>= 2.4.6
========== Chris Evans reported multiple integer overflows in the expandtabs method, as implemented by (1) the string_expandtabs function in Objects/string...

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