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...

CVE-2006-4980

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...

[USN-359-1] Python vulnerability

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-359-1 October 06, 2006 python2.3, python2.4 vulnerability CVE-2006-4980 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 Ubuntu 5.1...