Python security issue #16039, #16041 and #16042 looks not be fixed on Python 2.7.6 (smtplib/imaplib/poplib of python has a vulnerability due to unlimited readline() from connection)

Bug #1351180 reported by Takenori MATSUMOTO
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Bug Description

I found that below Python security issues may not be yet fixed on Python 2.7.6 bundled with 14.04LTS. It looks those patches are already applied to Python 3.4 on 14.04LTS. It looks those patches are not included in upstream souce codes on both 2.7.6 and latest 2.7 version (2.7.8).

http://bugs.python.org/issue16039
http://bugs.python.org/issue16041
http://bugs.python.org/issue16042

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information type: Private Security → Public Security
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Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote :

This is CVE-2013-1752 which is rated as having a 'Low' priority. It should be fixed in a future python update.

Changed in python2.7 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

fixed for 15.04 / vivid

Changed in python2.7 (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Changed in python2.7 (Ubuntu Trusty):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
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