Security update for Python
SUSE Security Update: Security update for Python
This python update fixes a certificate hostname issue.
* bnc#834601: CVE-2013-4238: python: SSL module does
not handle certificates that contain hostnames with NULL
bytes
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2013-4238
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Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2013:1618-1 |
Rating: | moderate |
References: | #834601 |
Affected Products: |
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. It includes one version update.
Description:
This python update fixes a certificate hostname issue.
* bnc#834601: CVE-2013-4238: python: SSL module does
not handle certificates that contain hostnames with NULL
bytes
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2013-4238
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sdksp3-python-201310-8405
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sdksp2-python-201310-8404
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-python-201310-8405
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-python-201310-8405
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-python-201310-8404
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-python-201310-8404
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-python-201310-8405
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp2-python-201310-8404
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- python-devel-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- python-demo-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-gdbm-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-idle-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-tk-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (x86_64):
- python-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.8]:
- python-devel-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.8]:
- python-demo-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-gdbm-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-idle-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-tk-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.8]:
- python-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- libpython2_6-1_0-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-base-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-curses-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-demo-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-gdbm-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-idle-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-tk-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-xml-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
- libpython2_6-1_0-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-base-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libpython2_6-1_0-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-base-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-curses-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-demo-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-gdbm-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-idle-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-tk-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-xml-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libpython2_6-1_0-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-base-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
- libpython2_6-1_0-x86-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-base-x86-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-x86-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.8]:
- libpython2_6-1_0-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-base-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-curses-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-demo-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-gdbm-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-idle-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-tk-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-xml-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.8]:
- libpython2_6-1_0-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-base-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.8]:
- libpython2_6-1_0-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-base-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-curses-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-demo-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-gdbm-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-idle-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-tk-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-xml-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.8]:
- libpython2_6-1_0-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-base-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64) [New Version: 2.6.8]:
- libpython2_6-1_0-x86-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-base-x86-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-x86-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- libpython2_6-1_0-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-base-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-curses-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-devel-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-tk-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-xml-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
- libpython2_6-1_0-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-base-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.8]:
- libpython2_6-1_0-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-base-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-curses-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-devel-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-tk-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-xml-2.6.8-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.8]:
- libpython2_6-1_0-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
- python-base-32bit-2.6.8-0.23.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4238.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/834601
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=44f8e36da143c92e1f5805dabcf91e30
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=776be407908387f0e13fc5cac4dcdec5