[El-errata] ELSA-2011-0491 Moderate: Oracle Linux 4 python security update

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Thu May 5 18:53:11 PDT 2011


Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2011-0491

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0491.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 4 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
python-2.3.4-14.10.el4.i386.rpm
python-devel-2.3.4-14.10.el4.i386.rpm
python-docs-2.3.4-14.10.el4.i386.rpm
python-tools-2.3.4-14.10.el4.i386.rpm
tkinter-2.3.4-14.10.el4.i386.rpm

x86_64:
python-2.3.4-14.10.el4.x86_64.rpm
python-devel-2.3.4-14.10.el4.x86_64.rpm
python-docs-2.3.4-14.10.el4.x86_64.rpm
python-tools-2.3.4-14.10.el4.x86_64.rpm
tkinter-2.3.4-14.10.el4.x86_64.rpm

ia64:
python-2.3.4-14.10.el4.ia64.rpm
python-devel-2.3.4-14.10.el4.ia64.rpm
python-docs-2.3.4-14.10.el4.ia64.rpm
python-tools-2.3.4-14.10.el4.ia64.rpm
tkinter-2.3.4-14.10.el4.ia64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el4/SRPMS-updates/python-2.3.4-14.10.el4.src.rpm


Description of changes:


[2.3.4-14.10]
- add patch adapted from upstream (patch 208) to add support for building
against system expat; add --with-system-expat to "configure" invocation; 
remove
embedded copy of expat 1.95.7 from the source tree during "prep"
- ensure pyexpat.so gets built by explicitly listing all C modules in the
payload in %files, rather than using dynfiles
Related: CVE-2009-3720
- fixes for other security bugs (patches 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
Resolves: CVE-2010-3493
Resolves: CVE-2011-1015
Resolves: CVE-2011-1521
Resolves: CVE-2010-1634
Resolves: CVE-2010-2089






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