CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
86.3%
New python packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current
to fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
patches/packages/python-2.7.14-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
Updated to the latest 2.7.x release.
This fixes some security issues related to the bundled expat library.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-0718
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-4472
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-9063
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-9233
(* Security fix *)
Where to find the new packages:
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the “Get Slack” section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/python-2.7.14-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/python-2.7.14-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/python-2.7.14-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/python-2.7.14-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/python-2.7.14-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/python-2.7.14-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/python-2.7.14-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/d/python-2.7.14-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
Slackware 14.0 package:
9d70703b48f3c7965ddc8b1327523df5 python-2.7.14-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
f01272718080952b48ba77d41e7fa3d1 python-2.7.14-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
280cbdcb6405cb41ab9946d248265232 python-2.7.14-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
87a9b0e9b74d7c6881c8a60767ee787c python-2.7.14-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
60efb0be0d51a43bb521989b591925d1 python-2.7.14-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
8e3e9b242ac0afb6cfdac9c631b938fb python-2.7.14-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
0a370c195295cb937c7756846266373c d/python-2.7.14-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
e67b2e27b293a45f3685be152e784772 d/python-2.7.14-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg python-2.7.14-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
86.3%