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r84714 | benjamin.peterson | 2010-09-11 11:02:03 -0500 (Sat, 11 Sep 2010) | 1 line
check for NULL tp_as_mapping in PySequence_(Get/Set/Del)Slice #9834
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@
C-API
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+- Issue #9834: Don't segfault in PySequence_GetSlice, PySequence_SetSlice, or
+ PySequence_DelSlice when the object doesn't have any mapping operations
+ defined.
+
- Issue #5753: A new C API function, :cfunc:`PySys_SetArgvEx`, allows
embedders of the interpreter to set sys.argv without also modifying
sys.path. This helps fix `CVE-2008-5983