The latest bugfix addresses POODLE attack issues and leaks in cross-compatibility changes with the 3.x branch
InfoWorld | Dec 11, 2014
Python 2.7.9, the latest bugfix release for the 2.x branch of the language, landed earlier today. In keeping with how the 2.x branch is more or less in maintenance mode and the 3.x branch is the preferred one, this version adds no new features. But it lands just as the maintainers of the language are trying to get a better idea of how the push to move people from 2.x to 3.x is working out.
2.7.9's fixes address networking problems exposed by the POODLE attack, which has set off a general scramble within the IT world to repair infrastructure. In Python's case, such fixes have amounted to backporting 3.4's "ssl" module into 2.7.9, turning off SSLv3 by default, and enabling HTTPS certificate validation by default.
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