Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler discovered that Python’s repr() function did not properly handle UTF-32/UCS-4 strings. If an application uses repr() on arbitrary untrusted data, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the python application.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
6 October 2006
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler discovered that Python’s repr() function did not properly handle UTF-32/UCS-4 strings. If an application uses repr() on arbitrary untrusted data, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the python application.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
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