Interesting read. I'm surprised that the researchers didn't contact us, since the article mentions they found 5 bugs in Python. Regarding security: the article seems to use that term mostly to attract eyeballs; there are no specifics, just the implication that this *could* affect security.

But it's hardly news -- as GCC versions became more aggressive we've had to fix our share of undefined code in Python. Usually the unittests catch these early.


On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 7:48 AM, MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
Has anybody here heard about this, and, if so, is it anything we should
be thinking about:

How your compiler may be compromising application security
http://www.itworld.com/security/380406/how-your-compiler-may-be-compromising-application-security
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