Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Python, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Package | dev-lang/python on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 3.3.5-r1 |
Unaffected versions | >= 3.3.5-r1 >= 2.7.9-r1 |
Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Python. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
A context-dependent attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Python 3.3 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r1"
All Python 2.7 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-2.7.9-r1"