diff -r ed76eac4491e Lib/SocketServer.py
--- a/Lib/SocketServer.py	Sun Sep 30 21:07:56 2012 -0700
+++ b/Lib/SocketServer.py	Thu Oct 04 11:01:14 2012 +0000
@@ -701,7 +701,12 @@
 
     def finish(self):
         if not self.wfile.closed:
-            self.wfile.flush()
+            try:
+                self.wfile.flush()
+            except socket.error:
+                # An final socket error may have occur here, such as
+                # ECONNABORTED
+                pass
         self.wfile.close()
         self.rfile.close()