CVE-2013-7440

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Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-1166-01

Posted May 31, 2016

Authored by Red Hat | Site access.redhat.com

Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-1166-01 - Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language that supports modules, classes, exceptions, high-level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing. The python27 packages provide a stable release of Python 2.7 with a number of additional utilities and database connectors for MySQL and PostgreSQL. Security Fix: The following fix was applied to the python component: The Python standard library HTTP client modules did not perform verification of TLS/SSL certificates when connecting to HTTPS servers. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to hijack connections and eavesdrop or modify transferred data.

tags | advisory, web, python

systems | linux, redhat

advisories | CVE-2013-2099, CVE-2013-7440

SHA-256 | 116aa091e5b51bb4e976b645fbaaff53c6753ebb9b4ca77c61747631d4c5f4c6

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