[RELEASE] Python 2.7.8
Benjamin Peterson
benjamin at python.org
Wed Jul 2 01:55:14 EDT 2014
Greetings,
I have the distinct privilege of informing you that the latest release
of the Python 2.7 series, 2.7.8, has been released and is available for
download. 2.7.8 contains several important regression fixes and security
changes:
- The openssl version bundled in the Windows installer has been
updated.
- A regression in the mimetypes module on Windows has been fixed. [1]
- A possible overflow in the buffer type has been fixed. [2]
- A bug in the CGIHTTPServer module which allows arbitrary execution
of code in the server root has been patched. [3]
- A regression in the handling of UNC paths in os.path.join has been
fixed. [4]
Downloads of 2.7.8 are at
https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.8/
The full changelog is located at
http://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/v2.7.8/Misc/NEWS
This is a production release. As always, please report bugs to
http://bugs.python.org/
Till next time,
Benjamin Peterson
2.7 Release Manager
(on behalf of all of Python's contributors)
[1] http://bugs.python.org/issue21652
[2] http://bugs.python.org/issue21831
[3] http://bugs.python.org/issue21766
[4] http://bugs.python.org/issue21672
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