Issued:
2011-09-20
Updated:
2011-09-20

RHBA-2011:1319 - python bug fix update

Synopsis

python bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated python packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. Python includes modules, classes, exceptions, high-level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems (X11, Motif, Tk, Mac and MFC).

This update fixes the following bug:

  • The urllib.unquote method uses a dictionary containing pairs of hexadecimal values. Prior to this update, this dictionary only contained those combinations where the hexadecimal digits were both upper case or lower case, omitting those pairs where one digit was upper case, the other lower case. As a result, percent-escape sequences containing both upper and lower case hexadecimal characters were not decoded in Python. This update modifies the dictionary creation code so that it includes keys for all combinations of upper and lower case hexadecimal digits. Now, all mixed-case hexadecimal digit pairs are correctly decoded by the urllib.unquote method. (BZ#734005)

All Python users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • tkinter-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • python-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • python-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.src.rpm
  • python-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • python-devel-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • python-libs-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • python-tools-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • tkinter-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • python-devel-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • tkinter-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • python-devel-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • python-libs-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • python-tools-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • tkinter-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • tkinter-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • python-libs-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm
  • python-tools-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • python-libs-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • python-devel-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • python-devel-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm
  • python-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • python-tools-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • python-devel-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.s390.rpm
  • python-tools-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • python-devel-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • python-libs-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • python-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • python-libs-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • python-2.4.3-44.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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