diff --git a/Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2 b/Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index ea229aa..0000000
--- a/Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:5057eb067eb5b5a6040dbd0e889e06550bde9ec041dadaa855ee9490034cbdab
-size 11754834
diff --git a/Python-2.7.3rc2.tar.bz2 b/Python-2.7.3rc2.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e416595
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Python-2.7.3rc2.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:752759ea956bfc4e9638753f68e9a2c96a40677053a4d6720f1a476a984f7bbe
+size 11801113
diff --git a/pypirc-secure.diff b/pypirc-secure.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73f22ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pypirc-secure.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# HG changeset patch
+# User Philip Jenvey <pjenvey@underboss.org>
+# Date 1322701507 28800
+# Branch 2.7
+# Node ID e7c20a8476a0e2ca18f8040864cbc400818d8f24
+# Parent  3ecddf168f1f554a17a047384fe0b02f2d688277
+create the .pypirc securely
+
+diff -r 3ecddf168f1f -r e7c20a8476a0 Lib/distutils/config.py
+--- a/Lib/distutils/config.py	Tue Nov 29 00:53:09 2011 +0100
++++ b/Lib/distutils/config.py	Wed Nov 30 17:05:07 2011 -0800
+@@ -42,16 +42,8 @@
+     def _store_pypirc(self, username, password):
+         """Creates a default .pypirc file."""
+         rc = self._get_rc_file()
+-        f = open(rc, 'w')
+-        try:
+-            f.write(DEFAULT_PYPIRC % (username, password))
+-        finally:
+-            f.close()
+-        try:
+-            os.chmod(rc, 0600)
+-        except OSError:
+-            # should do something better here
+-            pass
++        with os.fdopen(os.open(rc, os.O_CREAT | os.O_WRONLY, 0600), 'w') as fp:
++            fp.write(DEFAULT_PYPIRC % (username, password))
+ 
+     def _read_pypirc(self):
+         """Reads the .pypirc file."""
diff --git a/python-2.7.2-linux3.patch b/python-2.7.2-linux3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fa2a7a8..0000000
--- a/python-2.7.2-linux3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
---- configure.in
-+++ configure.in
-@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@
- 	MACHDEP="$ac_md_system$ac_md_release"
- 
- 	case $MACHDEP in
-+	linux*) MACHDEP="linux2";;
- 	cygwin*) MACHDEP="cygwin";;
- 	darwin*) MACHDEP="darwin";;
- 	atheos*) MACHDEP="atheos";;
---- Misc/NEWS
-+++ Misc/NEWS
-@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
- Python News
- +++++++++++
- 
-+- Issue #12326: sys.platform is now always 'linux2' on Linux, even if Python
-+  is compiled on Linux 3.
- 
- What's New in Python 2.7.2?
- ===========================
diff --git a/python-2.7rc2-canonicalize2.patch b/python-2.7.3rc2-canonicalize2.patch
similarity index 83%
rename from python-2.7rc2-canonicalize2.patch
rename to python-2.7.3rc2-canonicalize2.patch
index 70bc231..53c43b1 100644
--- a/python-2.7rc2-canonicalize2.patch
+++ b/python-2.7.3rc2-canonicalize2.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Index: Python/sysmodule.c
 ===================================================================
---- Python/sysmodule.c.orig
-+++ Python/sysmodule.c
-@@ -1671,7 +1671,20 @@ PySys_SetArgvEx(int argc, char **argv, i
+--- Python/sysmodule.c.orig	2012-03-28 20:13:00.000000000 +0200
++++ Python/sysmodule.c	2012-03-28 20:13:00.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1620,7 +1620,20 @@
          char *p = NULL;
          Py_ssize_t n = 0;
          PyObject *a;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Index: Python/sysmodule.c
          char link[MAXPATHLEN+1];
          char argv0copy[2*MAXPATHLEN+1];
          int nr = 0;
-@@ -1698,7 +1711,8 @@ PySys_SetArgvEx(int argc, char **argv, i
+@@ -1647,7 +1660,8 @@
                  }
              }
          }
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Index: Python/sysmodule.c
  #if SEP == '\\' /* Special case for MS filename syntax */
          if (argc > 0 && argv0 != NULL && strcmp(argv0, "-c") != 0) {
              char *q;
-@@ -1727,11 +1741,6 @@ PySys_SetArgvEx(int argc, char **argv, i
+@@ -1676,11 +1690,6 @@
          }
  #else /* All other filename syntaxes */
          if (argc > 0 && argv0 != NULL && strcmp(argv0, "-c") != 0) {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Index: Python/sysmodule.c
              p = strrchr(argv0, SEP);
          }
          if (p != NULL) {
-@@ -1749,6 +1758,9 @@ PySys_SetArgvEx(int argc, char **argv, i
+@@ -1698,6 +1707,9 @@
          a = PyString_FromStringAndSize(argv0, n);
          if (a == NULL)
              Py_FatalError("no mem for sys.path insertion");
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ Index: Python/sysmodule.c
          Py_DECREF(a);
 Index: configure.in
 ===================================================================
---- configure.in.orig
-+++ configure.in
-@@ -2728,7 +2728,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(alarm setitimer getitimer
+--- configure.in.orig	2012-03-28 20:13:00.000000000 +0200
++++ configure.in	2012-03-28 20:13:00.000000000 +0200
+@@ -2761,7 +2761,7 @@
   getpriority getresuid getresgid getpwent getspnam getspent getsid getwd \
   initgroups kill killpg lchmod lchown lstat mkfifo mknod mktime \
   mremap nice pathconf pause plock poll pthread_init \
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ Index: configure.in
   setlocale setregid setreuid setsid setpgid setpgrp setuid setvbuf snprintf \
 Index: pyconfig.h.in
 ===================================================================
---- pyconfig.h.in.orig
-+++ pyconfig.h.in
-@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@
- /* Define to 1 if you have the `chflags' function. */
+--- pyconfig.h.in.orig	2012-03-16 02:26:39.000000000 +0100
++++ pyconfig.h.in	2012-03-28 20:13:00.000000000 +0200
+@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@
+ /* Define to 1 if you have the 'chflags' function. */
  #undef HAVE_CHFLAGS
  
 +/* Define to 1 if you have the `canonicalize_file_name' function. */
diff --git a/python-2.7.2-multilib.patch b/python-2.7.3rc2-multilib.patch
similarity index 77%
rename from python-2.7.2-multilib.patch
rename to python-2.7.3rc2-multilib.patch
index bc86cbf..8f1975f 100644
--- a/python-2.7.2-multilib.patch
+++ b/python-2.7.3rc2-multilib.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
---- configure.in
-+++ configure.in
-@@ -629,6 +629,41 @@
+Index: configure.in
+===================================================================
+--- configure.in.orig	2012-03-16 02:26:39.000000000 +0100
++++ configure.in	2012-03-28 20:09:13.000000000 +0200
+@@ -630,6 +630,41 @@
      ;;
  esac
  
@@ -42,8 +44,10 @@
  
  AC_SUBST(LIBRARY)
  AC_MSG_CHECKING(LIBRARY)
---- Include/pythonrun.h
-+++ Include/pythonrun.h
+Index: Include/pythonrun.h
+===================================================================
+--- Include/pythonrun.h.orig	2012-03-16 02:26:31.000000000 +0100
++++ Include/pythonrun.h	2012-03-28 20:09:13.000000000 +0200
 @@ -108,6 +108,8 @@
  /* In their own files */
  PyAPI_FUNC(const char *) Py_GetVersion(void);
@@ -53,8 +57,10 @@
  PyAPI_FUNC(const char *) Py_GetCopyright(void);
  PyAPI_FUNC(const char *) Py_GetCompiler(void);
  PyAPI_FUNC(const char *) Py_GetBuildInfo(void);
---- Lib/distutils/command/install.py
-+++ Lib/distutils/command/install.py
+Index: Lib/distutils/command/install.py
+===================================================================
+--- Lib/distutils/command/install.py.orig	2012-03-28 20:09:11.000000000 +0200
++++ Lib/distutils/command/install.py	2012-03-28 20:09:13.000000000 +0200
 @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
  from site import USER_SITE
  
@@ -73,8 +79,10 @@
          'headers': '$base/include/python$py_version_short/$dist_name',
          'scripts': '$base/bin',
          'data'   : '$base',
---- Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
-+++ Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
+Index: Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
+===================================================================
+--- Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py.orig	2012-03-16 02:26:31.000000000 +0100
++++ Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py	2012-03-28 20:09:13.000000000 +0200
 @@ -114,8 +114,11 @@
          prefix = plat_specific and EXEC_PREFIX or PREFIX
  
@@ -89,8 +97,10 @@
          if standard_lib:
              return libpython
          else:
---- Lib/pydoc.py
-+++ Lib/pydoc.py
+Index: Lib/pydoc.py
+===================================================================
+--- Lib/pydoc.py.orig	2012-03-16 02:26:33.000000000 +0100
++++ Lib/pydoc.py	2012-03-28 20:09:13.000000000 +0200
 @@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
  
          docloc = os.environ.get("PYTHONDOCS",
@@ -100,8 +110,10 @@
                                 "python"+sys.version[0:3])
          if (isinstance(object, type(os)) and
              (object.__name__ in ('errno', 'exceptions', 'gc', 'imp',
---- Lib/site.py
-+++ Lib/site.py
+Index: Lib/site.py
+===================================================================
+--- Lib/site.py.orig	2012-03-16 02:26:33.000000000 +0100
++++ Lib/site.py	2012-03-28 20:09:13.000000000 +0200
 @@ -300,13 +300,18 @@
          if sys.platform in ('os2emx', 'riscos'):
              sitepackages.append(os.path.join(prefix, "Lib", "site-packages"))
@@ -124,8 +136,10 @@
          if sys.platform == "darwin":
              # for framework builds *only* we add the standard Apple
              # locations.
---- Lib/sysconfig.py
-+++ Lib/sysconfig.py
+Index: Lib/sysconfig.py
+===================================================================
+--- Lib/sysconfig.py.orig	2012-03-16 02:26:33.000000000 +0100
++++ Lib/sysconfig.py	2012-03-28 20:09:13.000000000 +0200
 @@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
  
  _INSTALL_SCHEMES = {
@@ -154,8 +168,10 @@
          'include': '{userbase}/include/python{py_version_short}',
          'scripts': '{userbase}/bin',
          'data'   : '{userbase}',
---- Lib/test/test_dl.py
-+++ Lib/test/test_dl.py
+Index: Lib/test/test_dl.py
+===================================================================
+--- Lib/test/test_dl.py.orig	2012-03-16 02:26:34.000000000 +0100
++++ Lib/test/test_dl.py	2012-03-28 20:09:13.000000000 +0200
 @@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
  import unittest
  from test.test_support import verbose, import_module
@@ -170,12 +186,14 @@
      ('/usr/bin/cygwin1.dll', 'getpid'),
      ('/usr/lib/libc.dylib', 'getpid'),
      ]
---- Lib/test/test_site.py
-+++ Lib/test/test_site.py
-@@ -227,12 +227,16 @@
-             wanted = os.path.join('xoxo', 'Lib', 'site-packages')
-             self.assertEqual(dirs[0], wanted)
+Index: Lib/test/test_site.py
+===================================================================
+--- Lib/test/test_site.py.orig	2012-03-16 02:26:34.000000000 +0100
++++ Lib/test/test_site.py	2012-03-28 20:11:10.000000000 +0200
+@@ -241,12 +241,16 @@
+             self.assertEqual(dirs[2], wanted)
          elif os.sep == '/':
+             # OS X non-framwework builds, Linux, FreeBSD, etc
 -            self.assertEqual(len(dirs), 2)
              wanted = os.path.join('xoxo', 'lib', 'python' + sys.version[:3],
                                    'site-packages')
@@ -190,11 +208,13 @@
 +            wanted = os.path.join('xoxo', sys.lib, 'site-python')
 +            self.assertTrue(wanted in dirs)
          else:
+             # other platforms
              self.assertEqual(len(dirs), 2)
-             self.assertEqual(dirs[0], 'xoxo')
---- Lib/trace.py
-+++ Lib/trace.py
-@@ -762,10 +762,10 @@
+Index: Lib/trace.py
+===================================================================
+--- Lib/trace.py.orig	2012-03-16 02:26:34.000000000 +0100
++++ Lib/trace.py	2012-03-28 20:09:13.000000000 +0200
+@@ -754,10 +754,10 @@
                  # should I also call expanduser? (after all, could use $HOME)
  
                  s = s.replace("$prefix",
@@ -207,8 +227,10 @@
                                             "python" + sys.version[:3]))
                  s = os.path.normpath(s)
                  ignore_dirs.append(s)
---- Makefile.pre.in
-+++ Makefile.pre.in
+Index: Makefile.pre.in
+===================================================================
+--- Makefile.pre.in.orig	2012-03-28 20:09:11.000000000 +0200
++++ Makefile.pre.in	2012-03-28 20:09:13.000000000 +0200
 @@ -81,6 +81,8 @@
  
  # Machine-dependent subdirectories
@@ -218,7 +240,7 @@
  
  # Install prefix for architecture-independent files
  prefix=		@prefix@
-@@ -532,6 +534,7 @@
+@@ -533,6 +535,7 @@
  		-DEXEC_PREFIX='"$(exec_prefix)"' \
  		-DVERSION='"$(VERSION)"' \
  		-DVPATH='"$(VPATH)"' \
@@ -226,7 +248,7 @@
  		-o $@ $(srcdir)/Modules/getpath.c
  
  Modules/python.o: $(srcdir)/Modules/python.c
-@@ -566,7 +569,7 @@
+@@ -567,7 +570,7 @@
  Python/compile.o Python/symtable.o Python/ast.o: $(GRAMMAR_H) $(AST_H)
  
  Python/getplatform.o: $(srcdir)/Python/getplatform.c
@@ -235,8 +257,10 @@
  
  Python/importdl.o: $(srcdir)/Python/importdl.c
  		$(CC) -c $(PY_CFLAGS) -I$(DLINCLDIR) -o $@ $(srcdir)/Python/importdl.c
---- Modules/getpath.c
-+++ Modules/getpath.c
+Index: Modules/getpath.c
+===================================================================
+--- Modules/getpath.c.orig	2012-03-16 02:26:37.000000000 +0100
++++ Modules/getpath.c	2012-03-28 20:09:13.000000000 +0200
 @@ -116,9 +116,11 @@
  #define EXEC_PREFIX PREFIX
  #endif
@@ -260,8 +284,10 @@
  
  static void
  reduce(char *dir)
---- Python/getplatform.c
-+++ Python/getplatform.c
+Index: Python/getplatform.c
+===================================================================
+--- Python/getplatform.c.orig	2012-03-16 02:26:38.000000000 +0100
++++ Python/getplatform.c	2012-03-28 20:09:13.000000000 +0200
 @@ -10,3 +10,23 @@
  {
  	return PLATFORM;
@@ -286,9 +312,11 @@
 +{
 +	return LIB;
 +}
---- Python/sysmodule.c
-+++ Python/sysmodule.c
-@@ -1416,6 +1416,10 @@
+Index: Python/sysmodule.c
+===================================================================
+--- Python/sysmodule.c.orig	2012-03-16 02:26:39.000000000 +0100
++++ Python/sysmodule.c	2012-03-28 20:09:13.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1419,6 +1419,10 @@
                          PyString_FromString(Py_GetCopyright()));
      SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("platform",
                          PyString_FromString(Py_GetPlatform()));
@@ -299,8 +327,10 @@
      SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("executable",
                          PyString_FromString(Py_GetProgramFullPath()));
      SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("prefix",
---- setup.py
-+++ setup.py
+Index: setup.py
+===================================================================
+--- setup.py.orig	2012-03-16 02:26:39.000000000 +0100
++++ setup.py	2012-03-28 20:09:13.000000000 +0200
 @@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
  
      def detect_modules(self):
diff --git a/python-base.changes b/python-base.changes
index ecf4980..cbb4056 100644
--- a/python-base.changes
+++ b/python-base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 28 18:19:18 UTC 2012 - jmatejek@suse.com
+
+- update to 2.7.3rc2
+  * fixes several security issues:
+  * CVE-2012-0845, bnc#747125
+  * CVE-2012-1150, bnc#751718
+  * CVE-2011-4944, bnc#754447
+  * CVE-2011-3389
+- fix for insecure .pypirc (CVE-2011-4944, bnc#754447)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 16 12:33:44 UTC 2012 - dvaleev@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-base.spec b/python-base.spec
index 314477d..83e4e47 100644
--- a/python-base.spec
+++ b/python-base.spec
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
 
 
 Name:           python-base
-Version:        2.7.2
+Version:        2.7.2.99rc2
 Release:        0
 License:        Python-2.0
 Summary:        Python Interpreter base package
 Url:            http://www.python.org/
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
-%define         tarversion %{version}
+#%%define         tarversion %{version}
+%define         tarversion 2.7.3rc2
 %define         tarname Python-%{tarversion}
 Source0:        %{tarname}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        macros.python
@@ -35,19 +36,18 @@ Source5:        _local.pth
 # COMMON-PATCH-BEGIN
 Patch1:         python-2.7-dirs.patch
 Patch2:         python-distutils-rpm-8.patch
-Patch3:         python-2.7.2-multilib.patch
+Patch3:         python-2.7.3rc2-multilib.patch
 Patch4:         python-2.5.1-sqlite.patch
-Patch5:         python-2.7rc2-canonicalize2.patch
+Patch5:         python-2.7.3rc2-canonicalize2.patch
 Patch6:         python-2.7rc2-configure.patch
 Patch7:         python-2.6-gettext-plurals.patch
 Patch8:         python-2.6b3-curses-panel.patch
 Patch9:         python-2.7.1-distutils_test_path.patch
 Patch10:        sparc_longdouble.patch
-Patch11:        python-2.7.2-linux3.patch
 Patch12:        http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/tracker/file19029/python-test_structmembers.patch
 Patch13:        python-2.7.2-fix_date_time_compiler.patch
-Patch14:        python-2.7.1-urllib-noproxy.patch
 Patch15:        python-2.7.2-disable-tests-in-test_io.patch
+Patch16:        pypirc-secure.diff
 # COMMON-PATCH-END
 %define         python_version    %(echo %{tarversion} | head -c 3)
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -125,15 +125,13 @@ other applications.
 %patch8
 %patch9 -p1
 %patch10 -p1
-%patch11
 %patch12
 %patch13
-%patch14 -p1
-
 #skip test_io test for ppc,ppc64 as it broken.
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 %patch15 -p1
 %endif
+%patch16 -p1
 # COMMON-PREP-END
 
 # drop Autoconf version requirement
diff --git a/python-doc.spec b/python-doc.spec
index a2ca8df..3987a6c 100644
--- a/python-doc.spec
+++ b/python-doc.spec
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ License:        Python-2.0
 Summary:        Additional Package Documentation for Python
 Url:            http://www.python.org/
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
-%define         pyver   2.7.2
-%define         tarname Python-%{pyver}
+%define         pyver   2.7.2.99rc2
+#%%define         tarname Python-%{pyver}
+%define         tarname Python-2.7.3rc2
 Source0:        %{tarname}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        python-%{version}-docs-html.tar.bz2
 Source2:        python-%{version}-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2
diff --git a/python.spec b/python.spec
index 165f35a..28c1605 100644
--- a/python.spec
+++ b/python.spec
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@
 #
 
 Name:           python
-Version:        2.7.2
+Version:        2.7.2.99rc2
 Release:        0
 License:        Python-2.0
 Summary:        Python Interpreter
 Url:            http://www.python.org/
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
-%define         tarversion %{version}
+#%%define         tarversion %{version}
+%define         tarversion 2.7.3rc2
 %define         tarname Python-%{tarversion}
 Source0:        %{tarname}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        README.SUSE
@@ -39,19 +40,18 @@ Source4:        python.csh
 # COMMON-PATCH-BEGIN
 Patch1:         python-2.7-dirs.patch
 Patch2:         python-distutils-rpm-8.patch
-Patch3:         python-2.7.2-multilib.patch
+Patch3:         python-2.7.3rc2-multilib.patch
 Patch4:         python-2.5.1-sqlite.patch
-Patch5:         python-2.7rc2-canonicalize2.patch
+Patch5:         python-2.7.3rc2-canonicalize2.patch
 Patch6:         python-2.7rc2-configure.patch
 Patch7:         python-2.6-gettext-plurals.patch
 Patch8:         python-2.6b3-curses-panel.patch
 Patch9:         python-2.7.1-distutils_test_path.patch
 Patch10:        sparc_longdouble.patch
-Patch11:        python-2.7.2-linux3.patch
 Patch12:        http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/tracker/file19029/python-test_structmembers.patch
 Patch13:        python-2.7.2-fix_date_time_compiler.patch
-Patch14:        python-2.7.1-urllib-noproxy.patch
 Patch15:        python-2.7.2-disable-tests-in-test_io.patch
+Patch16:        pypirc-secure.diff
 # COMMON-PATCH-END
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  db-devel
@@ -165,15 +165,13 @@ implementation of the standard Unix DBM databases.
 %patch8
 %patch9 -p1
 %patch10 -p1
-%patch11
 %patch12
 %patch13
-%patch14 -p1
-
 #skip test_io test for ppc,ppc64 as it broken.
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 %patch15 -p1
 %endif
+%patch16 -p1
 # COMMON-PREP-END
 
 # drop Autoconf version requirement