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TITLE:
SUSE update for python

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49354

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-06-01

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DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for python. This fixes a weakness and some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
potentially disclose sensitive Information and by malicious people to
cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA47810
SA48347

1) Due to a race condition error within distutils the file ~/.pypirc
is created in an insecure way before changing access permissions.
This can be exploited to potentially disclose access credentials.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the zypper package manager.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) Jaku Wilk within a Debian bug report.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
openSUSE-SU-2012:0667-1:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg00048.html

Debian Bug#650555:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650555

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