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Giampaolo Rodola discovered that the smtpd module in Python 3 did not
properly handle certain error conditions. A remote attacker could exploit
this to cause a denial of service via daemon outage. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-3493)
Niels Heinen discovered that the urllib module in Python 3 would process
Location headers that specify a file:// URL. A remote attacker could use
this to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via
resource consumption. (CVE-2011-1521)
Giampaolo Rodola discovered that the smtpd module in Python 3 did not
properly handle certain error conditions. A remote attacker could exploit
this to cause a denial of service via daemon outage. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-3493)
Niels Heinen discovered that the urllib module in Python 3 would process
Location headers that specify a file:// URL. A remote attacker could use
this to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via
resource consumption. (CVE-2011-1521)
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. Daemons using the urllib or smtpd modules may also need to be restarted after a pplying this update.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.04 natty | python3.1-minimal – 3.1.3-1ubuntu1.1 | ||
| python3.2-minimal – 3.2-1ubuntu1.1 | |||
| 10.10 maverick | python3.1-minimal – 3.1.2+20100915-0ubuntu4.1 | ||
| 10.04 lucid | python3.1-minimal – 3.1.2-0ubuntu3.1 | ||
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