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>> Python Multiple Module Buffer and Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Python, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. These issues are caused by integer and buffer overflow errors in various modules including "stringobject", "unicodeobject", "bufferobject", "longobject", "tupleobject", "stropmodule", "gcmodule", "mmapmodule" and "hashlib", and in the "unicode_resize()" and "PyOS_vsnprintf()" functions when processing malformed data, which could be exploited to bypass security restrictions, crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code.
Affected Products
Python versions 2.x
Solution
Fixes are available via SVN :
http://svn.python.org/view/
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2288
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230640
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by David Remahl (Apple Product Security), Justin Ferguson, and Google.
ChangeLog
2008-08-04 : Initial release
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