high7.5
CVE-2006-4980
Buffer overflow in the repr function in Python 2.3 through 2.6 before 20060822 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly exe…
Impact
Buffer overflow in the repr function in Python 2.3 through 2.6 before 20060822 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted wide character UTF-32/UCS-4 strings to certain scripts.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Python | Python | before 2.3.6 from 2.4.0 before 2.4.4 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=391589
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=208162
- http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/882/5120103_f.SAL_Public.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22276
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22297
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22303
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22357
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22358
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22379
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22448
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22487
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22512
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22531
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22639
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23680
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31492
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-07.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017019
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1541585&group_id=5470&atid=305470
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-229.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1197
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1198
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:181
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0713.html