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amazonAmazonALAS-2014-292
HistoryFeb 26, 2014 - 2:28 p.m.

Medium: python26

2014-02-2614:28:00
alas.aws.amazon.com
14

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.53 Medium

EPSS

Percentile

97.6%

Issue Overview:

Buffer overflow in the socket.recvfrom_into function in Modules/socketmodule.c in Python 2.5 before 2.7.7, 3.x before 3.3.4, and 3.4.x before 3.4rc1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.

Affected Packages:

python26

Issue Correction:
Run yum update python26 to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    python26-devel-2.6.9-1.43.amzn1.i686  
    python26-libs-2.6.9-1.43.amzn1.i686  
    python26-debuginfo-2.6.9-1.43.amzn1.i686  
    python26-2.6.9-1.43.amzn1.i686  
    python26-test-2.6.9-1.43.amzn1.i686  
    python26-tools-2.6.9-1.43.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    python26-2.6.9-1.43.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    python26-devel-2.6.9-1.43.amzn1.x86_64  
    python26-2.6.9-1.43.amzn1.x86_64  
    python26-test-2.6.9-1.43.amzn1.x86_64  
    python26-debuginfo-2.6.9-1.43.amzn1.x86_64  
    python26-tools-2.6.9-1.43.amzn1.x86_64  
    python26-libs-2.6.9-1.43.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2014-1912

Mitre: CVE-2014-1912

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.53 Medium

EPSS

Percentile

97.6%