Here’s the fix
CentOS 4 X86_64
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/gmp-4.1.4-3.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/readline-4.3-13.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/python-2.3.4-14.7.el4.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/libxml2-2.6.16-12.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/expat-1.95.7-4.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.el4.centos.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/sqlite-3.3.6-2.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/elfutils-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/rpm-4.3.3-26_nonptl.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/rpm-python-4.3.3-26_nonptl.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/python-urlgrabber-2.9.8-2.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/ftp.centos.org/4.8/os/alpha/CentOS/RPMS/centos-yumconf-4-4.5.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/yum-metadata-parser-1.0-8.el4.centos.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/yum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos.noarch.rpm yum -y update
Note: CentOS 4 X86_64 updated 20 September 2010
CentOS 5 i386
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/elfutils-libs-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/gmp-4.1.4-10.el5.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-2.4.3-43.el5.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/sqlite-3.3.6-5.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/elfutils-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/rpm-python-4.4.2.3-22.el5.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.8.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-6.el5.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-3.el5.centos.i386.rpm wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-14.el5.centos.1.noarch.rpm wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-3.2.22-33.el5.centos.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh yum-*.rpm yum -y update