Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-117 - A race condition was found in the way the Python distutils module set file permissions during the creation of the.pypirc file. If a local user had access to the home directory of another user who is running distutils, they could use this flaw to gain access to that user's.pypirc file, which can contain usernames and passwords for code repositories. Additionally, python has been built against the system expat and ffi libraries, to avoid any future issues with those.
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