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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201805-02">
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<title>Python: Buffer overflow</title>
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<synopsis>A buffer overflow in Python might allow remote attackers to execute
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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>2018-05-02</announced>
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<revised count="1">2018-05-02</revised>
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<bug>637938</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" slot="2.7">2.7.14</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt" slot="2.7">2.7.14</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>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>A buffer overflow was discovered in Python’s PyString_DecodeEscape
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function in stringobject.c.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>Remote attackers, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted
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file, could execute arbitrary code.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All Python 2 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-2.7.14:2.7"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000158">
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CVE-2017-1000158
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</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-04-24T00:27:08Z">b-man</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-05-02T23:53:50Z">b-man</metadata>
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</glsa>
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