[ubuntu/trusty-security] python2.7 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3 (Accepted)

Steve Beattie sbeattie at ubuntu.com
Tue Nov 22 18:35:46 UTC 2016


python2.7 (2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3) trusty-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: StartTLS stripping attack
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-0772.patch: raise an error when
      STARTTLS fails in Lib/smtplib.py.
    - CVE-2016-0772
  * SECURITY UPDATE: use of HTTP_PROXY flag supplied by attacker in CGI
    scripts (aka HTTPOXY attack)
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-1000110-pre.patch: prefer lower_case
      proxy environment variables over UPPER_CASE or Mixed_Case ones.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-1000110.patch: if running as CGI
      script, forget HTTP_PROXY in Lib/urllib.py, add test to
      Lib/test/test_urllib.py, add documentation.
    - CVE-2016-1000110
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Integer overflow when handling zipfiles
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-5636-pre.patch: check for negative size
      in Modules/zipimport.c
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-5636.patch: check for too large value in
      Modules/zipimport.c
    - CVE-2016-5636
  * SECURITY UPDATE: CRLF injection vulnerability in the
    HTTPConnection.putheader
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-5699.patch: disallow newlines in
      putheader() arguments when not followed by spaces or tabs in
      Lib/httplib.py, add tests in Lib/test/test_httplib.py
    - CVE-2016-5699

Date: 2016-10-26 20:17:14.774565+00:00
Changed-By: Steve Beattie <sbeattie at ubuntu.com>
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python2.7/2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3
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