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Ubuntu 23 Python Security Random Essentials Addressing Buffer Overflow

Ubuntu 23 Python Security Random Essentials Addressing Buffer Overflow

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • March 11, 2026

This module uses whatever C interface is available to procure cryptographically random data from the system. Update Information : 0.011 - Update data pointer on resize for rdrand; Clean up string length handling 0.010 - Disallow requesting strings with negative lengths CVE-2026-2597; Try arc4random in stdlib.h first; Correct value of PROTOTYPES keyword in XS

This module uses whatever C interface is available to procure

cryptographically random data from the system.

0.011 - Update data pointer on resize for rdrand; Clean up string length handling 0.010 - Disallow requesting strings with negative lengths CVE-2026-2597; Try arc4random in stdlib.h first; Correct value of PROTOTYPES keyword in XS

* Mon Mar 2 2026 Jitka Plesnikova - 0.011-1 - 0.011 bump (rhbz#2440318)

* Mon Mar 2 2026 Jitka Plesnikova - 0.011-1 - 0.011 bump (rhbz#2440318)

[ 1 ] Bug #2443384 - CVE-2026-2597 perl-Crypt-SysRandom-XS: heap-based buffer overflow in the XS function random_bytes() [fedora-all]

[ 1 ] Bug #2443384 - CVE-2026-2597 perl-Crypt-SysRandom-XS: heap-based buffer overflow in the XS function random_bytes() [fedora-all]

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-c0123ede74' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-c0123ede74' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

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