Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : python (ELSA-2006-0713)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2006:0713 : Updated Python packages are now available to correct a security issue in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Python is an interpreted, interactive,...

python repr unicode buffer overflow

Buffer overflow in the repr function in Python 2.3 through 2.6 before 20060822 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted wide character UTF-32/UCS-4 strings to certain scripts...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Python (ZYPP Patch Number 2167)

A buffer overflow within python's repr function has been fixed. The CAN number CVE-2006-4980 has been assigned to this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if...

Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : python2.3, python2.4 vulnerability (USN-359-1)

Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler discovered that Python's repr function did not properly handle UTF-32/UCS-4 strings. If an application uses repr on arbitrary untrusted data, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the python application. Note that Tenable Network Securi...

python repr unicode buffer overflow

Buffer overflow in the repr function in Python 2.3 through 2.6 before 20060822 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted wide character UTF-32/UCS-4 strings to certain scripts...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: python security update

Updated Python packages are now available to correct a security issue in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. A flaw was...

USN-359-1: Python vulnerability

Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler discovered that Python's repr function did not properly handle UTF-32/UCS-4 strings. If an application uses repr on arbitrary untrusted data, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the python application...