Gentoo: GLSA-200802-10 Normal: Python Integer Overflow Risk
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February 23, 2008
A vulnerability within Python's copy of PCRE might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200802-10
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Python: PCRE Integer overflow
Date: February 23, 2008
Bugs: #198373
ID: 200802-10
Synopsis
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A vulnerability within Python's copy of PCRE might lead to the
execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
language.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-lang/python < 2.3.6-r4 >= 2.3.6-r4
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Python 2.3 includes a copy of PCRE which is vulnerable to an integer
overflow vulnerability, leading to a buffer overflow.
Impact
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An attacker could exploit the vulnerability ...
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