GIMP Version: 2.8
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: Windows Vista Home Premium SP 2
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

List any relevant plug-ins or scripts:
Built-in Python interpreter 2.7.x

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I'm using a "portable" build--a partha/samj build I'm certain--with python built in.

I use Secunia PSI to troubleshoot any insecure software I might be using, and it has flagged the python27.dll as insecure and is bugging me to update it to 2.7.3. Frankly, I really don't want to, but . . .

Is there any way to update python27.dll to the 2.7.3 standard without breaking GIMP?

Thanks,

Tony

I don't believe so without Partha re compiling with a new version of Python.
The pythonw.exe and dll will not match otherwise.
Normally dll files will only work with executes compiled with it.

I think you can get around this by editing the pygimp.interp file and have it point to your installed version of Python 2.7.3 instead of the embedded one.Of course you will have to install Python 2.7.3 first.And pygtk and pycairo, and pyobject. So i don't recommend this.It would be too easy for something to get moved around and broken.

Can't you just turn that off for using Gimp?

Tony,

The python version included in my builds is 2.7.3. If you start Gimp and open the python console you can see that for yourself.

I don't know anything about Secunia.

You can ignore the Secunia warning. It's probably referring the stand alone version of Python you were using with previous versions of Gimp. If you don't use Python for any other applications you can safely remove the stand alone version using the Control Panel.

No ANY reason to worry in your case:
only a malicious python script may use that vulnerability hole and should be a Gimp python script, because in the partha builds, python is included inside gimp, and so is on unusual path almost impossible to guess for who may target python vulnerabilities

So basically only a malicious gimp python script would have some chances to be loaded, and as far i know such script didn't exist, and i believe there are no much chances that somebody would never write one

Obviously if you was using python often and independently from gimp could be different, but in your case nothing to woryy

Thanks, guys.