python2.4 - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the
Python language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies
the following problems:

• CVE-2007-2052
  Piotr Engelking discovered that the strxfrm() function of the locale
  module miscalculates the length of an internal buffer, which may
  result in a minor information disclosure.
• CVE-2007-4965
  It was discovered that several integer overflows in the imageop
  module may lead to the execution of arbitrary code, if a user is
  tricked into processing malformed images. This issue is also
  tracked as CVE-2008-1679 due to an initially incomplete patch.
• CVE-2008-1721
  Justin Ferguson discovered that a buffer overflow in the zlib
  module may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
• CVE-2008-1887
  Justin Ferguson discovered that insufficient input validation in
  PyString_FromStringAndSize() may lead to the execution of arbitrary
  code.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.4.4-3+etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.4.5-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your python2.4 packages.