Re: Python-3.5.8.tar.xz does NOT contain the fix for bpo-38243

[Peter van Dijk <peter.van.dijk () powerdns com>]

Python 3.5.8 is supposed to contain a fix for bpo-38243, as mentioned
> at 
> https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-8-final
>
> It turns out python.org has accidentally shipped 3.5.8 without that
> fix, if you pick tar.xz instead of .tgz. Please find attached the email
> I have sent them.
>
> I'm reporting this to oss-security so that no downstream distributors
> accidentally ship the wrong 3.5.8. I have also reported it directly to
> FreeBSD at https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241586 as
> they are the only distribution I could think of that still actually
> ship vanilla Python 3.5.

Reply from the Python project:

Thanks for the heads-up.  During the 3.5.8 release process, I actually generated the tarball multiple times, and 
although I never officially released these previous versions, somehow the CDN latched onto this one .xz file from one 
of these test versions.  As you note, the MD5 sum and file size on the release page were correct for the final version; 
also, the v3.5.8 tag in the Git repo and the GPG checksum file also match this final (correct) version.

Still, it's a messy situation.  Fedora has already updated to 3.5.8, and they got the tarball without the fix for 
bpo-38243.

As you suggest, the best way to ameliorate this debacle is to just release a 3.5.9.  I'll do that in the next day or 
so.  In the meantime I'll send a quick note to the clp newsgroups.

Kind regards,
-- 
Peter van Dijk
PowerDNS.COM BV - https://www.powerdns.com/