Python pickle integer overflow DoS

The vulnerability in the pickle.c module of the Python programming language is related to a numerical overflow due to the large value of LONGBINPUT. This value is incorrectly handled when attempting to double the size of an object. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to caus...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20406

Modules/pickle.c in Python before 3.7.1 has an integer overflow via a large LONGBINPUT value that is mishandled during a "resize to twice the size" attempt. This issue might cause memory exhaustion, but is only relevant if the pickle format is used for serializing tens or hundreds of gigabytes of...