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Posted on 27 September 2018
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4306-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
September 27, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : python2.7
CVE ID : CVE-2018-1060 CVE-2018-1061 CVE-2018-14647
CVE-2018-1000802
Multiple security issues were discovered in Python: ElementTree failed
to initialise Expat's hash salt, two denial of service issues were found
in difflib and poplib and the shutil module was affected by a command
injection vulnerability.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.7.13-2+deb9u3.
We recommend that you upgrade your python2.7 packages.
For the detailed security status of python2.7 please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python2.7
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
