CVE-2014-4616

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-05-19
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

Array index error in the scanstring function in the _json module inPython 2.7 through 3.5 and simplejson before 2.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary process memory via a negative index value in the idx argument to the raw_decode function.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
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 (python)	ELSA-2015-2101	2015-11-23
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