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author | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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committer | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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diff --git a/glsa-200409-03.xml b/glsa-200409-03.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bb244491 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200409-03.xml @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200409-03"> + <title>Python 2.2: Buffer overflow in getaddrinfo()</title> + <synopsis> + Python 2.2 has a vulnerability in DNS handling when IPV6 is disabled and a + malformed IPV6 address is encountered by getaddrinfo(). + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">Python</product> + <announced>September 02, 2004</announced> + <revised>September 02, 2004: 01</revised> + <bug>62440</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-lang/python" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.2.2</unaffected> + <unaffected range="lt">2.2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, cross-platform + programming language. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + If IPV6 is disabled in Python 2.2, getaddrinfo() is not able to handle IPV6 + DNS requests properly and a buffer overflow occurs. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + An attacker can execute arbitrary code as the user running python. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Users with IPV6 enabled are not affected by this vulnerability. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Python 2.2 users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge sync + + # emerge -pv ">=dev-lang/python-2.2.2" + # emerge ">=dev-lang/python-2.2.2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0150">CVE-2004-0150</uri> + <uri link="http://www.osvdb.org/4172">OSVDB:4172</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:51:44 +0000"> + chriswhite + </metadata> +</glsa> |