It appears that Georg Brandl has applied this patch. It should show up in the next release of Python 2.4.
** Bug watch added: Python at Sourceforge #1541585 http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?aid=1541585&group_id=5470&atid=305470&func=detail ** Also affects: python (upstream) via http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?aid=1541585&group_id=5470&atid=305470&func=detail Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- buffer overrun in repr() for unicode strings https://launchpad.net/bugs/56633 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs