CVE-2007-2052

CVE Details

Release Date:	2007-04-16
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

Off-by-one error in the PyLocale_strxfrm function in Modules/_localemodule.c for Python 2.4 and 2.5 causes an incorrect buffer size to be used for the strxfrm function, which allows context-dependent attackers to read portions of memory via unknown manipulations that trigger a buffer over-read due to missing null termination.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (python)	ELSA-2007-1076	2007-12-10
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (python)	ELSA-2007-1076	2007-12-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (python)	ELSA-2009-1176	2009-07-27