CVE-2006-4980
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.ascPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22276Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22303Patch
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=391589Advisory
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=208162
- http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/882/5120103_f.SAL_Public.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22297
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22357