RHBA-2010:0871 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated python packages that resolve an issue with the "email" module are now
available.

Description

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme or Java. Python includes modules, classes,
exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python
supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various
windowing systems (X11, Motif, Tk, Mac and MFC).

These updated python packages provide fixes for the following bug:

• Prior to this update, the "email" module incorrectly implemented part of the

logic for obtaining file names of attachments, and as a result, get_filename()'s
fallback for using the "Content-Type" header's deprecated "name" parameter
erroneously used the "Content-Disposition" header instead. This update applies a
patch from Python 2.6, fixing this problem. (BZ#649250)

All users of Python are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 649250 - Patch for get_filename in email.message when content-disposition is missing

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)