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A vulnerability within Python's copy of PCRE might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
| Package | dev-lang/python on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.3.6-r4 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.3.6-r4 |
Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.
Python 2.3 includes a copy of PCRE which is vulnerable to an integer overflow vulnerability, leading to a buffer overflow.
An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by tricking a vulnerable Python application to compile a regular expressions, which could possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code, a Denial of Service or the disclosure of sensitive information.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Python 2.3 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r4"
Release date
February 23, 2008
Latest revision
February 23, 2008: 01
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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