This is CVE-2013-1752 which is rated as having a 'Low' priority. It should be fixed in a future python update.
** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi- bin/cvename.cgi?name=2013-1752 ** Changed in: python2.7 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: python2.7 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to python2.7 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1351180 Title: Python security issue #16039, #16041 and #16042 looks not be fixed on Python 2.7.6 (smtplib/imaplib/poplib of python has a vulnerability due to unlimited readline() from connection) Status in “python2.7” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I found that below Python security issues may not be yet fixed on Python 2.7.6 bundled with 14.04LTS. It looks those patches are already applied to Python 3.4 on 14.04LTS. It looks those patches are not included in upstream souce codes on both 2.7.6 and latest 2.7 version (2.7.8). http://bugs.python.org/issue16039 http://bugs.python.org/issue16041 http://bugs.python.org/issue16042 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python2.7/+bug/1351180/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
