gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200610-07.xml

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<glsa id="200610-07">
  <title>Python: Buffer Overflow</title>
  <synopsis>
    A buffer overflow in Python's "repr()" function can be exploited to cause a
    Denial of Service and potentially allows the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">python</product>
  <announced>October 17, 2006</announced>
  <revised>February 26, 2007: 03</revised>
  <bug>149065</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-lang/python" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.4.3-r4</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">2.3.5-r3</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">2.3.6</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.4.3-r4</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, cross-platform
    programming language.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler discovered a buffer overflow in Python's
    "repr()" function when handling UTF-32/UCS-4 encoded strings.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    If a Python application processes attacker-supplied data with the
    "repr()" function, this could potentially lead to the execution of
    arbitrary code with the privileges of the affected application or a
    Denial of Service.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Python users should update to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=dev-lang/python-2.4.3-r4&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4980">CVE-2006-4980</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:59:22 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:44:47 +0000">
    DerCorny
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:21:34 +0000">
    falco
  </metadata>
</glsa>