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  2. USN-73-1

USN-73-1: Python vulnerability

Publication date

4 February 2005

Overview

Python vulnerability

Releases

Details

The Python developers discovered a flaw in the SimpleXMLRPCServer
module. Python XML-RPC servers that used the register_instance()
method to register an object, but do not have a dispatch() method,
allowed remote users to access or change function internals using the
im and func_ attributes.

The Python developers discovered a flaw in the SimpleXMLRPCServer
module. Python XML-RPC servers that used the register_instance()
method to register an object, but do not have a dispatch() method,
allowed remote users to access or change function internals using the
im and func_ attributes.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
4.10 warty python2.3 – 
python2.2 – 

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