gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200409-03.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200409-03">
<title>Python 2.2: Buffer overflow in getaddrinfo()</title>
<synopsis>
Python 2.2 has a vulnerability in DNS handling when IPV6 is disabled and a
malformed IPV6 address is encountered by getaddrinfo().
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">Python</product>
<announced>2004-09-02</announced>
<revised count="01">2004-09-02</revised>
<bug>62440</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-lang/python" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.2.2</unaffected>
<unaffected range="lt">2.2</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.2.2</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, cross-platform
programming language.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
If IPV6 is disabled in Python 2.2, getaddrinfo() is not able to handle IPV6
DNS requests properly and a buffer overflow occurs.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>
An attacker can execute arbitrary code as the user running python.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
Users with IPV6 enabled are not affected by this vulnerability.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All Python 2.2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv "&gt;=dev-lang/python-2.2.2"
# emerge "&gt;=dev-lang/python-2.2.2"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0150">CVE-2004-0150</uri>
<uri link="http://www.osvdb.org/4172">OSVDB:4172</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2004-08-31T22:51:44Z">
chriswhite
</metadata>
</glsa>