check for string attribute names in old-style classes (closes #14334)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 40c88d9..471051f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
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 - Issue #14334: Prevent in a segfault in type.__getattribute__ when it was not
-  passed strings.
+  passed strings. Also fix segfaults in the __getattribute__ and __setattr__
+  methods of old-style classes.
 
 - Issue #14161: fix the __repr__ of file objects to escape the file name.