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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-2052

Original release date:04/16/2007
Last revised:01/23/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Off-by-one error in the PyLocale_strxfrm function in Modules/_localemodule.c for Python 2.4 and 2.5 causes an incorrect buffer size to be used for the strxfrm function, which allows context-dependent attackers to read portions of memory via unknown manipulations that trigger a buffer over-read due to missing null termination.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:5.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (04/19/2007)
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235093 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1358
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1358
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235093
Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235093
External Source: TRUSTIX
Name: 2007-0019
Hyperlink:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0019/
External Source: BID
Name: 23887
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23887
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070521 FLEA-2007-0019-1: python
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/469294/30/6450/threaded
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0629
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:1077
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1077.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:1076
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1076.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5.1/NEWS.txt
Hyperlink:http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5.1/NEWS.txt
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2007:013
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:099
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:099
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-1465
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/1465
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1620
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31492
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31492
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31255
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31255
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28050
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28050
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28027
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28027
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25787
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25787
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25353
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25353
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25233
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25233
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25217
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25217
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25190
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25190
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:099
Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:099
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=416934
Hyperlink:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=416934
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-585-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-585-1
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080221 VMSA-2008-0003 Moderate: Updated aacraid driver and samba and python service console updates
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/488457/100/0/threaded
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0637
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0637
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1551
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29889
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29889
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29303
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29303
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29032
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29032
External Source: MLIST
Name: [Security-announce] 20080221 VMSA-2008-0003 Moderate: Updated aacraid driver and samba and python service console updates
Hyperlink:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.html

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2052