Ubuntu Security Notice USN-73-1
3rd February, 2005
python2.2, python2.3 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 4.10
Details
The Python developers discovered a flaw in the SimpleXMLRPCServer
module. Python XML-RPC servers that used the register_instance()
method to register an object, but do not have a _dispatch() method,
allowed remote users to access or change function internals using the
im_* and func_* attributes.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 4.10:
- python2.2
- python2.3
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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