Arun Babu Neelicattu added the comment:
This issue has been assigned CVE-2013-4238 [1].
Please use CVE-2013-4238 for this issue in Python for patches and references.
[1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/13/2
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nosy: +abn
Arun Babu Neelicattu added the comment:
Terry, I think the best place to make a note of this would be at [1,2].
As for what should be noted, something along the lines of what Richard
mentioned should suffice.
"A pool should only be used by the process that created it (unless you
Arun Babu Neelicattu added the comment:
I should have mentioned this too,
[GOOD] Workaround:
Probably the 'correct' way to achieve what is required in the example, could be
to use a managed pool.
pool = multiprocessing.Mana
Changes by Arun Babu Neelicattu :
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nosy: +jnoller, sbt
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The task/worker handler threads in the multiprocessing.pool.Pool class are (in
accordance to posix standards) not copied over when the process containing the
pool is forked.
This leads to a situation where the Pool keeps receiving tasks but the tasks
