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diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/python-2.7.3-CVE-2014-1912.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/python-2.7.3-CVE-2014-1912.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02cc83d314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/python-2.7.3-CVE-2014-1912.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Upstream-Status: Backport
+
+Reference: http://bugs.python.org/issue20246
+
+CVE-2014-1912: Python buffer overflow in socket.recvfrom_into()
+lets remote users execute arbitrary code.Original patch by Benjamin Peterson
+
+Signed-off-by: Maxin B. John <maxin.john@enea.com>
+---
+diff -r 40fb60df4755 Modules/socketmodule.c
+--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c    Sun Jan 12 12:11:47 2014 +0200
++++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c    Mon Jan 13 16:36:35 2014 -0800
+@@ -2744,6 +2744,13 @@
+         recvlen = buflen;
+     }
+ 
++    /* Check if the buffer is large enough */
++    if (buflen < recvlen) {
++        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
++                        "buffer too small for requested bytes");
++        goto error;
++    }
++
+     readlen = sock_recvfrom_guts(s, buf.buf, recvlen, flags, &addr);
+     if (readlen < 0) {
+         /* Return an error */