CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-4980

Published: Oct 10, 2006 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Python Python * 2.3.6 (excluding)
Python Python 2.4.0 (including) 2.4.4 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 RedHat python-0:2.2.3-6.5 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RedHat python-0:2.3.4-14.3 *
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 RedHat rhn-solaris-bootstrap-0:5.0.2-3 *
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 RedHat rhn_solaris_bootstrap_5_0_2_3-0:1-0 *
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3) RedHat rhn-solaris-bootstrap-0:5.0.2-3 *
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3) RedHat rhn_solaris_bootstrap_5_0_2_3-0:1-0 *
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0 RedHat rhn-solaris-bootstrap-0:5.0.2-3 *
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0 RedHat rhn_solaris_bootstrap_5_0_2_3-0:1-0 *
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1 RedHat rhn-solaris-bootstrap-0:5.1.1-3 *
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1 RedHat rhn_solaris_bootstrap_5_1_1_3-0:1-0 *
Python2.3 Ubuntu dapper *
Python2.4 Ubuntu dapper *
Python2.4 Ubuntu devel *
Python2.4 Ubuntu edgy *
Python2.4 Ubuntu feisty *

References