Security update for Python
SUSE Security Update: Security update for Python
Python was updated to fix one security issue:
* Potential wraparound/overflow in buffer() (CVE-2014-7185)
As an additional hardening measure SSLv2 has been disabled (bnc#901715).
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-7185
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:1518-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #898572 #901715 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available. It includes one version update.
Description:
Python was updated to fix one security issue:
* Potential wraparound/overflow in buffer() (CVE-2014-7185)
As an additional hardening measure SSLv2 has been disabled (bnc#901715).
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-7185
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-2014-11-19-9996 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-python-2014-11-19-9996 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-python-2014-11-19-9996 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-python-2014-11-19-9996
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) [New Version: 2.6.9]:
- python-devel-2.6.9-0.33.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.9]:
- python-demo-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-gdbm-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-idle-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-tk-2.6.9-0.33.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.9]:
- python-32bit-2.6.9-0.33.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (noarch):
- python-doc-2.6-8.33.1
- python-doc-pdf-2.6-8.33.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.9]:
- libpython2_6-1_0-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-base-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-curses-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-demo-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-gdbm-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-idle-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-tk-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-xml-2.6.9-0.33.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.9]:
- libpython2_6-1_0-32bit-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-32bit-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-base-32bit-2.6.9-0.33.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (noarch):
- python-doc-2.6-8.33.1
- python-doc-pdf-2.6-8.33.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.9]:
- libpython2_6-1_0-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-base-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-curses-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-demo-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-gdbm-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-idle-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-tk-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-xml-2.6.9-0.33.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.9]:
- libpython2_6-1_0-32bit-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-32bit-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-base-32bit-2.6.9-0.33.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (noarch):
- python-doc-2.6-8.33.1
- python-doc-pdf-2.6-8.33.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64) [New Version: 2.6.9]:
- libpython2_6-1_0-x86-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-base-x86-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-x86-2.6.9-0.33.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.9]:
- libpython2_6-1_0-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-base-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-curses-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-devel-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-tk-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-xml-2.6.9-0.33.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.9]:
- libpython2_6-1_0-32bit-2.6.9-0.33.1
- python-base-32bit-2.6.9-0.33.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7185.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=898572
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=901715
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=c5b0994dea1693becfd8d76b2b716f87