| 2 | |
| 3 | {{{ |
| 4 | What's New in Python 2.7.9? |
| 5 | =========================== |
| 6 | |
| 7 | *Release date: 2014-12-10* |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Library |
| 10 | ------- |
| 11 | |
| 12 | - Issue #22959: Remove the *check_hostname* parameter of |
| 13 | httplib.HTTPSConnection. The *context* parameter should be used instead. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | - Issue #16043: Add a default limit for the amount of data xmlrpclib.gzip_decode |
| 16 | will return. This resolves CVE-2013-1753. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | - Issue #16042: CVE-2013-1752: smtplib: Limit amount of data read by limiting |
| 19 | the call to readline(). Original patch by Christian Heimes. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | - Issue #16041: In poplib, limit maximum line length read from the server to |
| 22 | prevent CVE-2013-1752. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | - Issue #22960: Add a context argument to xmlrpclib.ServerProxy. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Build |
| 27 | ----- |
| 28 | |
| 29 | - Issue #22935: Allow the ssl module to be compiled if openssl doesn't support |
| 30 | SSL 3. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | - Issue #17128: Use private version of OpenSSL for 2.7.9 OS X 10.5+ installer. |
| 33 | }}} |
| 34 | |