Slackware: 2016-363-01: python Security Update
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/python-2.7.13-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes security issues: Issue #27850: Remove 3DES from ssl module's default cipher list to counter measure sweet32 attack (CVE-2016-2183). Issue #27568: Prevent HTTPoxy attack (CVE-2016-1000110). Ignore the HTTP_PROXY variable when REQUEST_METHOD environment is set, which indicates that the script is in CGI mode. For more information, see: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2183 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1000110 (* Security fix *)
Where Find New Packages
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(https://osuosl.org/) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.0 package:
42ce2e2375725fd992c17b2afbe4960d python-2.7.13-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
0778e88748ade45fba4a7cbee1fd9eb5 python-2.7.13-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
4bee31bcfc23433f0a8b386bb64ad051 python-2.7.13-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
d7f9f71c4ad2ea100f9b96250171c670 python-2.7.13-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
efea4e1f1f61dfd221e5487ce9fa7864 python-2.7.13-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
84e945560483b28283d9f9ef3ef7f329 python-2.7.13-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
0a28044f725982b3eaf647e530c9de85 d/python-2.7.13-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
67d18569672de5dd48e4dda2f7ce0e88 d/python-2.7.13-x86_64-1.txz
Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg python-2.7.13-i586-1_slack14.2.txz