zlib vulnerabilities and python

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Wed Mar 13 09:43:13 EST 2002


aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:

> In article <SASl3IAyAUj8EwS4 at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk>,
> Robin Becker  <robin at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >Does the recent zlib double free vulnerability
> >http://news.com.com/2100-1001-857008.html 
> >impact zlib.pyd? 
> 
> Dunno, but I filed a SF bug to check compatibility with the new 1.1.4.

But because mail from the sf tracker seems to be hitting the bit
bucket, noone knows about this.

Time to look at roundup again?  The tracker on sf is starting to piss
me off (even more).

Cheers,
M.

-- 
  We've had a lot of problems going from glibc 2.0 to glibc 2.1.
  People claim binary compatibility.  Except for functions they
  don't like.                       -- Peter Van Eynde, comp.lang.lisp



More information about the Python-list mailing list