USN-1982-1: Python 2.6 vulnerability
1 October 2013
Fraudulent security certificates could allow sensitive information to be exposed when accessing the Internet.
Releases
Packages
- python2.6 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language
Details
Ryan Sleevi discovered that Python did not properly handle certificates
with NULL characters in the Subject Alternative Name field. An attacker
could exploit this to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack to view sensitive
information or alter encrypted communications.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 10.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-1985-1: python3.3, python3.3-minimal
- USN-1984-1: python3.2-minimal, python3.2
- USN-1983-1: python2.7, python2.7-minimal