CVE-2006-4980

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/22303
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1197
• http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-3069097-patch.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22487
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448244/100/100/threaded
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22639
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:181
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29408
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23680
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22512
• https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/python2.4/+bug/56633
• http://zoehep.xent.com/~bsittler/python2.4-2.4.3_unicodeobject.c.diff
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-229.htm
• http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1541585&group_id=5470&atid=305470
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31492
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0713.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5131
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017019
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22357
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1198
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22379
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-359-1
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22448
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20376
• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=208162
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-07.xml
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3940
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-702
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=391589
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456546/100/200/threaded
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22358
• http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-9986131-patch.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22297
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10789
• http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/882/5120103_f.SAL_Public.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22531
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22276

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