increase Python version dependency to 2.4.4, to avoid a critical CPython security bug #1066

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opened 2010-06-05 03:32:09 +00:00 by davidsarah · 2 comments
davidsarah commented 2010-06-05 03:32:09 +00:00
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We should raise the Python version dependency to avoid this security bug in CPython's implementation of repr on Unicode strings. We use repr (via the %r format) extensively in logging.

We should raise the Python version dependency to avoid [this security bug](http://www.python.org/news/security/PSF-2006-001/) in CPython's implementation of `repr` on Unicode strings. We use `repr` (via the `%r` format) extensively in logging.
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davidsarah commented 2010-06-05 03:33:53 +00:00
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Attachment raise-python-version-requirement.dpatch.txt (43872 bytes) added

Raise Python version requirement to 2.4.4 for non-UCS-2 builds, to avoid a critical Python security bug.

**Attachment** raise-python-version-requirement.dpatch.txt (43872 bytes) added Raise Python version requirement to 2.4.4 for non-UCS-2 builds, to avoid a critical Python security bug.

Looks good--committed in changeset:529add7774a10c9c.

Looks good--committed in changeset:529add7774a10c9c.
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