Gentoo: 200907-16 Normal: Python Integer Overflow Threat
gentoo
July 19, 2009
Multiple integer overflows in Python have an unspecified impact.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200907-16
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Python: Integer overflows
Date: July 19, 2009
Bugs: #246991
ID: 200907-16
Synopsis
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Multiple integer overflows in Python have an unspecified impact.
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 < 2.5.4-r2 >= 2.5.4-r2
*>= 2.4.6
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Chris Evans reported multiple integer overflows in the expandtabs
method, as implemented by (1) the string_expandtabs function in
Objects/string...
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