9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.014 Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.1%
New python packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current
to fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
patches/packages/python-2.7.15-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
Updated to the latest 2.7.x release.
This fixes some security issues in difflib and poplib (regexes vulnerable
to denial of service attacks), as well as security issues with the bundled
expat library.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2012-0876
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-0718
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-0718
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-4472
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-5300
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-9063
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-9233
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2018-1060
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2018-1061
(* Security fix *)
Where to find the new packages:
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the “Get Slack” section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/python-2.7.15-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/python-2.7.15-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/python-2.7.15-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/python-2.7.15-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/python-2.7.15-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/python-2.7.15-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/python-2.7.15-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/d/python-2.7.15-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
Slackware 14.0 package:
815f18de185a913b37f8a4a5ba209a33 python-2.7.15-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
ac2745d0977849cf16ad3b386ad6e706 python-2.7.15-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
96fa93f516bfefae9539d8d5329fe8e1 python-2.7.15-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
5895cf391b0de5746e4c23c5c34dd50f python-2.7.15-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
82212eec089fe925da83e47d5b829b3e python-2.7.15-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
9ca1bd6126f729067fc507271889643e python-2.7.15-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
fa60bc913282d7992f5cf8b29863a411 d/python-2.7.15-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
0d473b473463c6927a1efaab6e6f601d d/python-2.7.15-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg python-2.7.15-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.014 Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.1%