gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201805-02.xml

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