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Date:      Thu,  3 Feb 2005 20:19:26 -0200 (BRST)
From:      Marcus Grando <marcus@corp.grupos.com.br>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        perky@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   ports/77078: Update port: lang/python Security update PSF-2005-001
Message-ID:  <20050203221926.8F38020A25@corp.grupos.com.br>
Resent-Message-ID: <200502032220.j13MKGeB036020@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         77078
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Update port: lang/python Security update PSF-2005-001
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          update
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb 03 22:20:16 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Marcus Grando
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Grupos Internet S/A
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD corp.grupos.com.br 4.11-STABLE FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE #40: Fri Jan 28 13:42:33 BRST 2005 root@corp.grupos.com.br:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CORP i386


	
>Description:
Update port: lang/python Security update PSF-2005-001

+ Add patch from python.org

Please see:
http://www.python.org/security/PSF-2005-001/

Please update vuxml

	
>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:

	

--- python.patch begins here ---
diff -ruN python.old/Makefile python/Makefile
--- python.old/Makefile	Tue Dec  7 00:53:11 2004
+++ python/Makefile	Thu Feb  3 19:54:54 2005
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	python
 PORTVERSION=	2.4
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	lang python ipv6
 MASTER_SITES=	${PYTHON_MASTER_SITES}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	${PYTHON_MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR}
diff -ruN python.old/files/patch-Lib::SimpleXMLRPCServer.py python/files/patch-Lib::SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
--- python.old/files/patch-Lib::SimpleXMLRPCServer.py	Wed Dec 31 21:00:00 1969
+++ python/files/patch-Lib::SimpleXMLRPCServer.py	Thu Feb  3 20:00:13 2005
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+--- Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py.orig	Sun Oct  3 20:21:44 2004
++++ Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py	Thu Feb  3 19:59:20 2005
+@@ -106,14 +106,22 @@
+ import sys
+ import os
+ 
+-def resolve_dotted_attribute(obj, attr):
++def resolve_dotted_attribute(obj, attr, allow_dotted_names=True):
+     """resolve_dotted_attribute(a, 'b.c.d') => a.b.c.d
+ 
+     Resolves a dotted attribute name to an object.  Raises
+     an AttributeError if any attribute in the chain starts with a '_'.
++
++    If the optional allow_dotted_names argument is false, dots are not
++    supported and this function operates similar to getattr(obj, attr).
+     """
+ 
+-    for i in attr.split('.'):
++    if allow_dotted_names:
++        attrs = attr.split('.')
++    else:
++        attrs = [attr]
++
++    for i in attrs:
+         if i.startswith('_'):
+             raise AttributeError(
+                 'attempt to access private attribute "%s"' % i
+@@ -155,7 +163,7 @@
+         self.funcs = {}
+         self.instance = None
+ 
+-    def register_instance(self, instance):
++    def register_instance(self, instance, allow_dotted_names=False):
+         """Registers an instance to respond to XML-RPC requests.
+ 
+         Only one instance can be installed at a time.
+@@ -173,9 +181,23 @@
+ 
+         If a registered function matches a XML-RPC request, then it
+         will be called instead of the registered instance.
++
++        If the optional allow_dotted_names argument is true and the
++        instance does not have a _dispatch method, method names
++        containing dots are supported and resolved, as long as none of
++        the name segments start with an '_'.
++
++            *** SECURITY WARNING: ***
++
++            Enabling the allow_dotted_names options allows intruders
++            to access your module's global variables and may allow
++            intruders to execute arbitrary code on your machine.  Only
++            use this option on a secure, closed network.
++
+         """
+ 
+         self.instance = instance
++        self.allow_dotted_names = allow_dotted_names
+ 
+     def register_function(self, function, name = None):
+         """Registers a function to respond to XML-RPC requests.
+@@ -294,7 +316,8 @@
+                 try:
+                     method = resolve_dotted_attribute(
+                                 self.instance,
+-                                method_name
++                                method_name,
++                                self.allow_dotted_names
+                                 )
+                 except AttributeError:
+                     pass
+@@ -373,7 +396,8 @@
+                     try:
+                         func = resolve_dotted_attribute(
+                             self.instance,
+-                            method
++                            method,
++                            self.allow_dotted_names
+                             )
+                     except AttributeError:
+                         pass
--- python.patch ends here ---


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