Gentoo: 200610-07 Normal: Python Buffer Overflow DoS Threat
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October 17, 2006
A buffer overflow in Python's "repr()" function can be exploited to cause a Denial of Service and potentially allows the execution of arbitrary code
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200610-07
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Python: Buffer Overflow
Date: October 17, 2006
Bugs: #149065
ID: 200610-07
Synopsis
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A buffer overflow in Python's "repr()" function can be exploited to
cause a Denial of Service and potentially allows the execution of
arbitrary code.
Background
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Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, cross-platform
programming language.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-lang/python < 2.4.3-r4 >= 2.4.3-r4
*>= 2.3.5-r3
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Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler discovered a buf...
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