USN-73-1: Python vulnerability
4 February 2005
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 4.10
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python2.3
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python2.2
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In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.