[Python-Dev] Re: execve vulnerability

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Sun, 16 Feb 2003 12:53:18 -0500


> On Sun, Feb 16, 2003, Bill Bumgarner wrote:
> >
> > Can you please let me know if the fix is in the maintenance branch of 
> > 2.2 and which version it is present in?
> > 
> > I need to make a recommendation to Apple as to how to deal with this 
> > issue -- knowing the exact tree to grab would be very helpful.
> 
> This seems like a good reason to issue 2.2.3.  Per PEP 6, we need a
> Patch Czar to champion it.  Anyone want to take it up?

The execve security fix is already in 2.2.2.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)