Python vulnerability

2006-10-0600:00:00

ubuntu.com

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.012 Low

EPSS

Percentile

85.1%

JSON

Releases

Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 5.10
Ubuntu 5.04

Details

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu6.06noarchpython2.4-minimal< 2.4.3-0ubuntu6UNKNOWN
Ubuntu6.06noarchpython2.3-dbg< 2.3.5-9ubuntu1.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu5.10noarchpython2.3< 2.3.5-8ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu5.10noarchpython2.4-minimal< 2.4.2-1ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu5.04noarchpython2.3< 2.3.5-2ubuntu0.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu5.04noarchpython2.4-minimal< 2.4.1-0ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Ubuntu	6.06	noarch	python2.4-minimal	< 2.4.3-0ubuntu6	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	6.06	noarch	python2.3-dbg	< 2.3.5-9ubuntu1.2	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	5.10	noarch	python2.3	< 2.3.5-8ubuntu0.2	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	5.10	noarch	python2.4-minimal	< 2.4.2-1ubuntu0.2	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	5.04	noarch	python2.3	< 2.3.5-2ubuntu0.3	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	5.04	noarch	python2.4-minimal	< 2.4.1-0ubuntu0.2	UNKNOWN