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Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. It was found that many applications embedding the Python interpreter did not specify a valid full path to the script or application when calling the PySys_SetArgv API function, which could result in the addition of the current working directory to the module search path (sys.path). A local attacker able to trick a victim into running such an application in an attacker-controlled directory could use this flaw to execute code with the victim's privileges. This update adds the PySys_SetArgvEx API. Developers can modify their applications to use this new API, which sets sys.argv without modifying sys.path. (CVE-2008-5983) 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) Multiple flaws were found in the Python audioop module. Supplying certain inputs could cause the audioop module to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-1634, CVE-2010-2089) This update also fixes the following bugs: * When starting a child process from the subprocess module in Python 2.4, the parent process could leak file descriptors if an error occurred. This update resolves the issue. (BZ#609017) * Prior to Python 2.7, programs that used &quot ulimit -n&quot to enable communication with large numbers of subprocesses could still monitor only 1024 file descriptors at a time, which caused an exception: ValueError: filedescriptor out of range in select() This was due to the subprocess module using the &quot select&quot system call. The module now uses the &quot poll&quot system call, removing this limitation. (BZ#609020) * Prior to Python 2.5, the tarfile module failed to unpack tar files if the path was longer than 100 characters. This update backports the tarfile module from Python 2.5 and the issue no longer occurs. (BZ#263401) * The email module incorrectly implemented the logic for obtaining attachment file names: the get_filename() fallback for using the deprecated &quot name&quot parameter of the &quot Content-Type&quot header erroneously used the &quot Content-Disposition&quot header. This update backports a fix from Python 2.6, which resolves this issue. (BZ#644147) * Prior to version 2.5, Python's ... Description truncated, for more information please check the Reference URL

python on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

• https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhsa-announce/2011-January/msg00008.html

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Updated on 2015-03-25