Synopsis:	Moderate: PyXML security update

Issue date:	2010-01-04

CVE Names:	CVE-2009-3720



A buffer over-read flaw was found in the way PyXML's Expat parser 

handled malformed UTF-8 sequences when processing XML files. A 

specially-crafted XML file could cause Python applications using PyXML's 

Expat parser to crash while parsing the file. (CVE-2009-3720)



This update makes PyXML use the system Expat library rather than its own

internal copy; therefore, users must install the December 2009 expat 

security update, together with this PyXML update to resolve the 

CVE-2009-3720 issue.



After installing this update along with the December 2009 expat security 

  update, applications using the PyXML library must be restarted for the 

update to take effect.



SL 4.x



      SRPMS:

PyXML-0.8.3-6.el4_8.2.src.rpm

      i386:

PyXML-0.8.3-6.el4_8.2.i386.rpm

      x86_64:

PyXML-0.8.3-6.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm



SL 5.x



      SRPMS:

PyXML-0.8.4-4.el5_4.2.src.rpm

      i386:

PyXML-0.8.4-4.el5_4.2.i386.rpm

      x86_64:

PyXML-0.8.4-4.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm



-Connie Sieh

-Troy Dawson