python2.6 2.6.6-6ubuntu7.1 source package in Ubuntu

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python2.6 (2.6.6-6ubuntu7.1) natty-security; urgency=low

  * SECURITY UPDATE: fix hash randomization DoS
    - debian/patches/CVE-2012-1150.diff: add -R command-line option and
      PYTHONHASHSEED environment variable, to provide an opt-in way to protect
      against denial of service attacks due to hash collisions within the dict
      and set types.
    - CVE-2012-1150
  * SECURITY UPDATE: xmlrpc: Fix an endless loop in SimpleXMLRPCServer upon
    malformed POST request
    - debian/patches/CVE-2012-0845.diff: break if don't receive EOF in
      Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
    - CVE-2012-0845
  * SECURE UPDATE: http://bugs.python.org/issue13512
    - debian/patches/CVE-2011-4944.diff: create ~/.pypirc securely
    - CVE-2011-4944
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Fix CGIHTTPServer information disclosure.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2011-1015.diff: Relative paths are now collapsed
      within the url properly before looking in cgi_directories.
    - CVE-2011-1015
  * SECURITY UPDATE: fix XSS in SimpleHTTPServer
    - debian/patches/CVE-2011-4940.diff: add a charset parameter to the
      Content-type
    - CVE-2011-4940
  * SECURITY UPDATE: update urllib and urllib2 for invalid redirections
    - debian/patches/CVE-2011-1521.diff: only process Location headers for
      http, https, and ftp
    - http://bugs.python.org/issue11662
    - CVE-2011-1521
 -- Jamie Strandboge <email address hidden>   Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:07:08 -0500