________________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCING eGenix.com pyOpenSSL Distribution Version 0.13.12 An easy-to-install and easy-to-use distribution of the pyOpenSSL Python interface for OpenSSL - available for Windows, Mac OS X and Unix platforms This announcement is also available on our web-site for online reading: http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-pyOpenSSL-Distribution-0.13.12.htm... ________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION The eGenix.com pyOpenSSL Distribution includes everything you need to get started with SSL in Python. It comes with an easy-to-use installer that includes the most recent OpenSSL library versions in pre-compiled form, making your application independent of OS provided OpenSSL libraries: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/pyOpenSSL/ pyOpenSSL is an open-source Python add-on that allows writing SSL/TLS- aware network applications as well as certificate management tools: https://launchpad.net/pyopenssl/ OpenSSL is an open-source implementation of the SSL/TLS protocol: http://www.openssl.org/ ________________________________________________________________________ NEWS This new release of the eGenix.com pyOpenSSL Distribution includes the following updates: New in OpenSSL -------------- * Updated included OpenSSL libraries from OpenSSL 1.0.1p to 1.0.1q. See https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20151203.txt ​for a complete list of changes. The following fixes are relevant for pyOpenSSL applications: - CVE-2015-3194 The signature verification routines will crash with a NULL pointer dereference, if presented with an ASN.1 signature using the RSA PSS algorithm and absent mask generation function parameter. This can be exploited in as DoS attack in applications which performs certificate verification. - CVE-2015-3195: When presented with a malformed X509_ATTRIBUTE structure OpenSSL will leak memory. - CVE-2015-3196: If PSK identity hints are received by a multi-threaded client, then the values are wrongly updated in the parent SSL_CTX structure. This can potentially lead to a double free of the identify hint data, leading to a segfault. * Updated the Mozilla CA root bundle to version 2015-10-27. * Added support to allow building wheels from source or prebuilt packages. Please see the product changelog for the full set of changes. http://www.egenix.com/products/python/pyOpenSSL/changelog.html pyOpenSSL / OpenSSL Binaries Included ------------------------------------- In addition to providing sources, we make binaries available that include both pyOpenSSL and the necessary OpenSSL libraries for all supported platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and FreeBSD, for x86 and x64. To simplify installation, we have uploaded a web installer to PyPI which will automatically choose the right binary for your platform, so a simple pip install egenix-pyopenssl will get you the package with OpenSSL libraries installed. Please see our installation instructions for details: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/pyOpenSSL/#Installation We have also added .egg-file distribution versions of our eGenix.com pyOpenSSL Distribution for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X to the available download options. These make setups using e.g. zc.buildout and other egg-file based installers a lot easier. ________________________________________________________________________ DOWNLOADS The download archives and instructions for installing the package can be found at: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/pyOpenSSL/ ________________________________________________________________________ UPGRADING Before installing this version of pyOpenSSL, please make sure that you uninstall any previously installed pyOpenSSL version. Otherwise, you could end up not using the included OpenSSL libs. _______________________________________________________________________ SUPPORT Commercial support for these packages is available from eGenix.com. Please see http://www.egenix.com/services/support/ for details about our support offerings. ________________________________________________________________________ MORE INFORMATION For more information about the eGenix pyOpenSSL Distribution, licensing and download instructions, please visit our web-site or write to sales@egenix.com. About eGenix (http://www.egenix.com/): eGenix is a Python software project, consulting and product company delivering expert services and professional quality products for companies, Python users and developers. We specialize in database driven applications, large scale software designs and integration. Enjoy, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, Dec 08 2015)

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