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Medium: python26

Description

**Issue Overview:** SimpleXMLRPCServer.py in SimpleXMLRPCServer in Python before 2.6.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, 3.x before 3.1.5, and 3.2.x before 3.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an XML-RPC POST request that contains a smaller amount of data than specified by the Content-Length header. **Affected Packages:** python26 **Issue Correction:** Run _yum update python26_ to update your system. **New Packages:** i686:     python26-devel-2.6.8-1.45.amzn1.i686     python26-tools-2.6.8-1.45.amzn1.i686     python26-test-2.6.8-1.45.amzn1.i686     python26-debuginfo-2.6.8-1.45.amzn1.i686     python26-2.6.8-1.45.amzn1.i686     python26-libs-2.6.8-1.45.amzn1.i686 src:     python26-2.6.8-1.45.amzn1.src x86_64:     python26-debuginfo-2.6.8-1.45.amzn1.x86_64     python26-devel-2.6.8-1.45.amzn1.x86_64     python26-2.6.8-1.45.amzn1.x86_64     python26-libs-2.6.8-1.45.amzn1.x86_64     python26-test-2.6.8-1.45.amzn1.x86_64     python26-tools-2.6.8-1.45.amzn1.x86_64 ### Additional References Red Hat: [CVE-2012-0845](<https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0845>) Mitre: [CVE-2012-0845](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2012-0845>)


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
Amazon Linux 1 python26-devel 2.6.8-1.45.amzn1
Amazon Linux 1 python26-tools 2.6.8-1.45.amzn1
Amazon Linux 1 python26-test 2.6.8-1.45.amzn1
Amazon Linux 1 python26-debuginfo 2.6.8-1.45.amzn1
Amazon Linux 1 python26 2.6.8-1.45.amzn1
Amazon Linux 1 python26-libs 2.6.8-1.45.amzn1
Amazon Linux 1 python26 2.6.8-1.45.amzn1
Amazon Linux 1 python26-debuginfo 2.6.8-1.45.amzn1
Amazon Linux 1 python26-devel 2.6.8-1.45.amzn1
Amazon Linux 1 python26 2.6.8-1.45.amzn1
Amazon Linux 1 python26-libs 2.6.8-1.45.amzn1
Amazon Linux 1 python26-test 2.6.8-1.45.amzn1
Amazon Linux 1 python26-tools 2.6.8-1.45.amzn1

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