Package: python2.5
Severity: grave
Tags: security patch

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for python2.5.

CVE-2008-2316[0]:
| Integer overflow in _hashopenssl.c in the hashlib module in Python 2.5.2 and
| earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic
| digests, related to "partial hashlib hashing of data exceeding 4GB."

Upstream patch:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=313350

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-2316
    http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-2316

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