Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Python, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise an affected system [...]

Solution

Apply patches :
http://svn.python.org/view?rev=62235&view=rev
http://svn.python.org/view?rev=62262&view=rev

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Justin Ferguson.

ChangeLog

2008-04-16 : Initial release

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