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authorsat <sat@FreeBSD.org>2006-10-07 17:13:36 +0800
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- Document buffer overrun in repr() for unicode strings in python
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<vuxml xmlns="http://www.vuxml.org/apps/vuxml-1">
+ <vuln vid="fe83eb5b-55e1-11db-a5ae-00508d6a62df">
+ <topic>python -- buffer overrun in repr() for unicode strings</topic>
+ <affects>
+ <package>
+ <name>python</name>
+ <name>python23</name>
+ <name>python22</name>
+ <name>python-devel</name>
+ <range><ge>0</ge></range>
+ </package>
+ </affects>
+ <description>
+ <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+ <p>Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler reports:</p>
+ <blockquote cite="https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/python2.4/+bug/56633">
+ <p>I discovered a [buffer overrun in repr() for unicode
+ strings]. This causes an unpatched non-debug wide
+ (UTF-32/UCS-4) build of python to abort.</p>
+ </blockquote>
+ <p>Ubuntu security team reports:</p>
+ <blockquote cite="http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-359-1">
+ <p>If an application uses repr() on arbitrary untrusted data,
+ this [bug] could be exploited to execute arbitrary code
+ with the privileges of the python application.</p>
+ </blockquote>
+ </body>
+ </description>
+ <references>
+ <cvename>CVE-2006-4980</cvename>
+ <url>https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/python2.4/+bug/56633</url>
+ <url>http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-359-1</url>
+ <url>http://secunia.com/advisories/22276/</url>
+ <url></url>
+ </references>
+ <dates>
+ <discovery>2006-08-15</discovery>
+ <entry>2006-10-07</entry>
+ </dates>
+ </vuln>
+
<vuln vid="e329550b-54f7-11db-a5ae-00508d6a62df">
<topic>php -- _ecalloc Integer Overflow Vulnerability</topic>
<affects>