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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: RHSA-2011:0260-01 Low: Python Security Update

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Calendar Grey February 16, 2011
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Enhanced python modules for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 tackle minor security concerns and defects across various platforms.
Updated python packages that fix multiple security issues and three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.
Multiple flaws were found in the Python rgbimg module. If an application written in Python was using the rgbimg module and loaded a specially-crafted SGI image file, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2009-4134, CVE-2010-1449, CVE-2010-1450)
This update also fixes the following bugs:
* Python 2.3.4's time.strptime() function did not correctly handle the "%W" week number format string. This update backports the _strptime implementation from Python 2.3.6, fixing this issue. (BZ#436001)
* Python 2.3.4's socket.htons() function returned partially-uninitialized data on IBM System z, generally leading to incorrect results. (BZ#513341)
* Python 2.3.4's pwd.getpwuid() and grp.getgrgid() functions did not support the full range of user and group IDs on 64-bit architectures, leading to "OverflowError" exceptions for large input values. This update adds support for the full range of user and group IDs on 64-bit architectures. (BZ#497540)
Users of Python should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4134 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1449 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1450 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#low

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: python-2.3.4-14.9.el4.i386.rpm python-debuginfo-2.3.4-14.9.el4.i386.rpm python-devel-2.3.4-14.9.el4.i386.rpm python-docs-2.3.4-14.9.el4.i386.rpm python-tools-2.3.4-14.9.el4.i386.rpm tkinter-2.3.4-14.9.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: python-2.3.4-14.9.el4.ia64.rpm python-debuginfo-2.3.4-14.9.el4.ia64.rpm python-devel-2.3.4-14.9.el4.ia64.rpm python-docs-2.3.4-14.9.el4.ia64.rpm python-tools-2.3.4-14.9.el4.ia64.rpm tkinter-2.3.4-14.9.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: python-2.3.4-14.9.el4.ppc.rpm python-debuginfo-2.3.4-14.9.el4.ppc.rpm python-devel-2.3.4-14.9.el4.ppc.rpm python-docs-2.3.4-14.9.el4.ppc.rpm python-tools-2.3.4-14.9.el4.ppc.rpm tkinter-2.3.4-14.9.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: python-2.3.4-14.9.el4.s390.rpm python-debuginfo-2.3.4-14.9.el4.s390.rpm python-devel-2.3.4-14.9.el4.s390.rpm python-docs-2.3.4-14.9.el4.s390.rpm python-tools-2.3.4-14.9.el4.s390.rpm tkinter-2.3.4-14.9.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: python-2.3.4-14.9.el4.s390x.rpm python-debuginfo-2.3.4-14.9.el4.s390x.rpm python-devel-2.3.4-14.9.el4.s390x.rpm python-docs-2.3.4-14.9.el4.s390x.rpm python-tools-2.3.4-14.9.el4.s390x.rpm tkinter-2.3.4-14.9.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: python-2.3.4-14.9.el4.x86_64.rpm python-debuginfo-2.3.4-14.9.el4.x86_64.rpm python-devel-2.3.4-14.9.el4.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:0260-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0260.html
Issue date: 2011-02-16

Topic

Updated python packages that fix multiple security issues and three bugsare now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having lowsecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

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security advisory bug fix low severity red hat enterprise linux python update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

497540 - grp module does not support whole uid/gid range

541698 - CVE-2009-4134 CVE-2010-1449 CVE-2010-1450 python: rgbimg: multiple security issues

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