CVE-2014-1912

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-01-14
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

Buffer overflow in the socket.recvfrom_into function inModules/socketmodule.c in Python 2.5 before 2.7.7, 3.x before 3.3.4, and 3.4.x before 3.4rc1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.1
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (python)	ELSA-2015-1330	2015-07-28
Oracle Linux version 6 (python27)	ELSA-2015-1064	2016-02-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (python27-python)	ELSA-2015-1064	2016-02-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (python27-python-pip)	ELSA-2015-1064	2016-02-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (python27-python-setuptools)	ELSA-2015-1064	2016-02-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (python27-python-simplejson)	ELSA-2015-1064	2016-02-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (python27-python-wheel)	ELSA-2015-1064	2016-02-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (python27)	ELSA-2015-1064	2016-02-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (python27-python)	ELSA-2015-1064	2016-02-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (python27-python-pip)	ELSA-2015-1064	2016-02-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (python27-python-setuptools)	ELSA-2015-1064	2016-02-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (python27-python-simplejson)	ELSA-2015-1064	2016-02-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (python27-python-wheel)	ELSA-2015-1064	2016-02-04
Oracle VM version 3.3 (python)	OVMSA-2015-0098	2015-07-29
Oracle VM version 3.4 (python)	OVMSA-2015-0098	2015-07-29