USN-73-1: Python vulnerability

4 February 2005

Python vulnerability

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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.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 4.10
  • python2.3 -
  • python2.2 -

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

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