National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-4980
Original release date:10/10/2006
Last revised:01/23/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22303
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22276
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/python2.4/+bug/56633
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://zoehep.xent.com/~bsittler/python2.4-2.4.3_unicodeobject.c.diff
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-359-1
External Source: BID
Name: 20376
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0629
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1541585&group_id=5470&atid=305470
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31492
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=208162
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-702
External Source: XF
Name: python-repr-bo(29408)
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-9986131-patch.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-3069097-patch.html
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070110 VMware ESX server security updates
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20061011 rPSA-2006-0187-1 idle python
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2006:0713
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2006:025
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:181
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-5131
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-3940
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1198
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1197
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-229.htm
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1017019
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200610-07
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23680
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22639
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22531
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22512
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22487
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22448
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22379
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22358
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22357
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22297
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/882/5120103_f.SAL_Public.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:181
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=391589
External Source: SGI
Name: 20061001-01-P