Bug 790360

Summary:	CVE-2012-0845 python26: SimpleXMLRPCServer DoS (excessive CPU usage) via malformed XML-RPC / HTTP POST request [epel-5]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora EPEL	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	python26	Assignee:	Dave Malcolm <dmalcolm>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	el5	CC:	derks, dmalcolm
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2012-08-08 09:13:20 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	789790

Description Jan Lieskovsky 2012-02-14 10:36:23 UTC

This is an automatically created tracking bug!  It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected Fedora
versions.

For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.

For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs

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bug IDs of this bug's parent bugs filed against the "Security Response"
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in the RPM changelog when available.

Bodhi update submission link:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/new/?type_=security&bugs=789790

epel-5 tracking bug for python26: see blocks bug list for full details of the security issue(s).

[bug automatically created by: add-tracking-bugs]