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Bug#: 217221
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Status: RESOLVED
Resolution: FIXED
Assigned To: Gentoo Security <security@gentoo.org>
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Reporter: Hanno Boeck <hanno@gentoo.org>
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Bug 217221 depends on: 216673 Show dependency tree
Bug 217221 blocks: 218469

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Description:   Opened: 2008-04-10 21:33 0000 
See here, 2.5.2 and all versions below probably affected:
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-1721

------- Comment #1 From Ali Polatel (RETIRED) 2008-04-18 14:31:15 0000 ------- 
+*python-2.5.2 (18 Apr 2008)
+*python-2.4.4-r10 (18 Apr 2008)
+*python-2.3.6-r5 (18 Apr 2008)
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+  18 Apr 2008; Ali Polatel <hawking@gentoo.org> +python-2.3.6-r5.ebuild,
+  +python-2.4.4-r10.ebuild, +python-2.5.2.ebuild:
+  Version bumps. Updated patchsets to fix buffer overflow in zlib extension
+  (CVE-2008-1721) bug 217221 and unsafe PyString_FromStringAndSize(). Added
+  patch by Mark Peloquin for distutils to respect CXXFLAGS, bug 145206. Add
+  wininst USE flag to conditionally install MS Windows executables, bug
+  198021. Use EAPI=1, rename nothreads and nocxx USE flags to threads and
+  cxx.
+

Updated versions have the fix included.
A note for testers please check if the pocs attached on upstream bug raise
ValueError instead of dumping core :)

------- Comment #2 From Robert Buchholz 2008-04-20 15:52:29 0000 ------- 
The "PyString_FromStringAndSize()" is CVE-2008-1887.

Ali, can you also address bug 216673 before we stable?

------- Comment #3 From Robert Buchholz 2008-04-27 11:14:36 0000 ------- 
hawking, I read your comment about dropping python 2.3. When exactly do you
plan to do that?

------- Comment #4 From Tobias Heinlein 2008-07-03 14:20:21 0000 ------- 
GLSA 200807-01
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