[ubuntu/lucid-updates] python2.6 2.6.5-1ubuntu6.1 (Accepted)

[Ubuntu Archive Robot]

python2.6 (2.6.5-1ubuntu6.1) lucid-security; urgency=low

  * SECURITY UPDATE: fix hash randomization DoS
    - debian/patches/CVE-2012-1150.dpatch: add -R command-line option and
      PYTHONHASHSEED environment variable, to provide an opt-in way to protect
      against denial of service attacks due to hash collisions within the dict
      and set types.
    - CVE-2012-1150
  * SECURITY UPDATE: xmlrpc: Fix an endless loop in SimpleXMLRPCServer upon
    malformed POST request
    - debian/patches/CVE-2012-0845.dpatch: break if don't receive EOF in
      Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
    - CVE-2012-0845
  * SECURE UPDATE: http://bugs.python.org/issue13512
    - debian/patches/CVE-2011-4944.dpatch: create ~/.pypirc securely
    - CVE-2011-4944
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Fix CGIHTTPServer information disclosure.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2011-1015.dpatch: Relative paths are now collapsed
      within the url properly before looking in cgi_directories.
    - CVE-2011-1015
  * SECURITY UPDATE: fix XSS in SimpleHTTPServer
    - debian/patches/CVE-2011-4940.dpatch: add a charset parameter to the
      Content-type
    - CVE-2011-4940
  * SECURITY UPDATE: update urllib and urllib2 for invalid redirections
    - debian/patches/CVE-2011-1521.dpatch: only process Location headers for
      http, https, and ftp
    - http://bugs.python.org/issue11662
    - CVE-2011-1521
  * SECURITY UPDATE: fix DoS in smtpd.py
    - debian/patches/CVE-2010-3493.dpatch: adds proper error handling on
      accept() when smtpd accepts new incoming connections
    - http://bugs.python.org/issue9129
    - CVE-2010-3493
  * SECURITY UPDATE: fix DoS in audioop module
    - debian/patches/CVE-2010-2089.dpatch: ensure that the input string length
      is a multiple of the frame size
    - CVE-2010-2089
  * SECURITY UPDATE: fix integer overflows in audioop module
    - debian/patches/CVE-2010-1634.dpatch: Fix incorrect and UB-inducing
      overflow checks
    - CVE-2010-1634
  * SECURITY UPDATE: optionally disallow setting sys.path when setting
    sys.argv
    - debian/patches/CVE-2008-5983.dpatch: add new C API function,
      PySys_SetArgvEx
    - CVE-2008-5983

Date: 2012-10-01 21:50:10.999547+00:00
Changed-By: Jamie Strandboge <jamie at ubuntu.com>
Signed-By: Ubuntu Archive Robot <cjwatson+ubuntu-archive-robot at chiark.greenend.org.uk>
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/python2.6/2.6.5-1ubuntu6.1
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