| Description: |
This update for Python fixes the following security issues:
* * bnc#834601: SSL module does not handle certificates that contain hostnames with NULL bytes. (CVE-2013-4238) * bnc#856836: Various stdlib read flaws. (CVE-2013-1752)
Additionally, the following non-security issues have been fixed:
* bnc#859068: Turn off OpenSSL's aggressive optimizations that conflict with Python's GC. * bnc#847135: Setting fips=1 at boot time causes problems with Python due to MD5 usage.
Security Issue references:
* CVE-2013-4073 * CVE-2013-4238
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