- Issued:
- 2007-06-07
- Updated:
- 2007-06-07
RHBA-2007:0468 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
python bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated python packages that fix multiple bugs are now available.
Description
python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.
This update fixes the handling of symlink loops with the os.path.realpath
function, and corrects the library path as reported in python distutils.
Users should apply this update, which resolves these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 144094 - Python distutils reports incorrect lib location
- BZ - 173595 - os.path.realpath can't handle symlink loops
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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