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2.2 KiB
70 lines
2.2 KiB
13 years ago
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200802-10">
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<title>Python: PCRE Integer overflow</title>
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<synopsis>
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A vulnerability within Python's copy of PCRE might lead to the execution of
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arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">python</product>
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<announced>February 23, 2008</announced>
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<revised>February 23, 2008: 01</revised>
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<bug>198373</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-lang/python" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.3.6-r4</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.3.6-r4</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
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language.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Python 2.3 includes a copy of PCRE which is vulnerable to an integer
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overflow vulnerability, leading to a buffer overflow.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by tricking a vulnerable
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Python application to compile a regular expressions, which could
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possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code, a Denial of Service
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or the disclosure of sensitive information.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All Python 2.3 users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r4"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-7228">CVE-2006-7228</uri>
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<uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml">GLSA 200711-30</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:00:53 +0000">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:01:42 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:37:11 +0000">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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