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Debian Security Advisory DSA 458-2 (python2.2)
The remote host is missing an update to python2.2 announced via advisory DSA 458-2. This VT has been deprecated and merged into the VT SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc. Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders...
Debian DSA-458-3 : python2.2 - buffer overflow
This security advisory corrects DSA 458-2 which caused a problem in the gethostbyaddr routine. The original advisory said : Sebastian Schmidt discovered a buffer overflow bug in Python's getaddrinfo function, which could allow an IPv6 address, supplied by a remote attacker via DNS, to overwrite...
Python 2.2: Buffer overflow in getaddrinfo()
Background Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, cross-platform programming language. Description If IPV6 is disabled in Python 2.2, getaddrinfo is not able to handle IPV6 DNS requests properly and a buffer overflow occurs. Impact An attacker can execute arbitrary code as the us...
CVE-2004-0150
The CVE-2004-0150 entry concerns Python 2.2.0–2.2.1 where a buffer overflow in getaddrinfo (with IPv6 support disabled) can permit remote code execution via a DNS-obtained IPv6 address. Affected component: Python's getaddrinfo routine; root cause is improper handling of DNS IPv6 addresses leading...
Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : python (MDKSA-2004:019)
A buffer overflow in python 2.2's getaddrinfo function was discovered by Sebastian Schmidt. If python 2.2 is built without IPv6 support, an attacker could configure their name server to let a hostname resolve to a special IPv6 address, which could contain a memory address where shellcode is place...
PT-2004-1331 · Python · Python
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Python versions 2.2 through 2.2.1 Description: A buffer overflow issue exists in the getaddrinfo function when IPv6 support is disabled, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an IPv6 address obtained using DNS...
