Mageia alert MGASA-2012-0170 (python)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2012-0170: python-2.7.3-2.2.mga2 (2/core) 
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:40:27 +0200
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MGASA-2012-0170
Date: 	July 19th, 2012
Affected releases: 	2


Description:
Updated python packages fix security vulnerabilities:

A race condition was found in the way the Python distutils module
set file permissions during the creation of the .pypirc file. If a
local user had access to the home directory of another user who is
running distutils, they could use this flaw to gain access to that
user's .pypirc file, which can contain usernames and passwords for
code repositories (CVE-2011-4944).

Additionally, python has been built against the system expat and
ffi libraries, to avoid any future issues with those.


Updated Packages:
python-2.7.3-2.2.mga2
python-docs-2.7.3-2.2.mga2
tkinter-2.7.3-2.2.mga2
tkinter-apps-2.7.3-2.2.mga2
lib(64)python2.7-2.7.3-2.2.mga2
lib(64)python-devel-2.7.3-2.2.mga2


References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4944
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg000...
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/?d...
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5843
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-...