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Old 12-07-2010
Ubuntu: 1026-1: Python Paste vulnerability

LinuxSecurity.com: It was discovered that Python Paste did not properly sanitize certainstrings, resulting in cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Withcross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into viewingserver output during a crafted server request, a remote attacker couldexploit this to modify the contents, or steal confidential data, within [More...]

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PY3COMPILE(1)                                                                                                                        PY3COMPILE(1)

NAME
py3compile - byte compile Python 3 source files SYNOPSIS
py3compile [-V [X.Y][-][A.B]] DIR_OR_FILE [-X REGEXPR] pycompile -p PACKAGE DESCRIPTION
Wrapper around Python standard library's py_compile module to byte-compile Python 3 files. OPTIONS
--version show program's version number and exit -h, --help show this help message and exit -f, --force force rebuild of byte-code files even if timestamps are up-to-date -O byte-compile to .pyo files -q, --quiet be quiet -v, --verbose turn verbose mode on -p PACKAGE, --package=PACKAGE specify Debian package name whose files should be bytecompiled -V VRANGE force private modules to be bytecompiled with Python 3 version from given range, regardless of the default Python 3 version in the system. If there are no other options, bytecompile all public modules for installed Python 3 versions that match given range. VER- SION_RANGE examples: o 3.1 version 3.1 only, o 3.1- version 3.1 or newer, o 3.1-3.3 version 3.1 or 3.2, o -4.0 all supported 3.X versions -X REGEXPR, --exclude=REGEXPR exclude items that match given REGEXPR. You may use this option multiple times to build up a list of things to exclude AUTHOR
Piotr Oarowski, 2012-2013 PY3COMPILE(1)