SUSE-SU-2015:1344-1

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SUSE-SU-2015:1344-1

Summary: Security update for python

Details: This update to python 2.7.9 fixes the following issues: * python-2.7-libffi-aarch64.patch: Fix argument passing in libffi for aarch64 From the version update to 2.7.9: * contains full backport of ssl module from Python 3.4 (PEP466) * HTTPS certificate validation enabled by default (PEP476) * SSLv3 disabled by default (bnc#901715) * backported ensurepip module (PEP477) * fixes several missing CVEs from last release: CVE-2013-1752, CVE-2013-1753 * dropped upstreamed patches: python-2.7.6-poplib.patch, smtplib_maxline-2.7.patch, xmlrpc_gzip_27.patch * dropped patch python-2.7.3-ssl_ca_path.patch because we don't need it with ssl module from Python 3 * libffi was upgraded upstream, seems to contain our changes, so dropping libffi-ppc64le.diff as well * python-2.7-urllib2-localnet-ssl.patch - properly remove unconditional 'import ssl' from test_urllib2_localnet that caused it to fail without ssl * skip test_thread in qemu_linux_user mode From the version update to 2.7.8: * fixes CVE-2014-4650 directory traversal in CGIHTTPServer * fixes CVE-2014-7185 (bnc#898572) potential buffer overflow in buffer() Also the DH parameters were increased to 2048 bit to fix logjam security issue (bsc#935856)

References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20151344-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/898572, https://bugzilla.suse.com/901715, https://bugzilla.suse.com/924312, https://bugzilla.suse.com/935856, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1752, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1753, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4650, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7185