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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4306-1 (python2.7 - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Multiple security issues were discovered in Python: ElementTree failed to initialise Expat's hash salt, two denial of service issues were found in difflib and poplib and the shutil module was affected by a command injection vulnerability.
Affected Software
Affected Software
python2.7 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.7.13-2+deb9u3. We recommend that you upgrade your python2.7 packages. For the detailed security status of python2.7 please refer to its security tracker page linked in the references.