1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200802-10 / python |
| Release Date | February 23, 2008 |
| Latest Revision | February 23, 2008: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| dev-lang/python | < 2.3.6-r4 | >= 2.3.6-r4 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #198373
A vulnerability within Python's copy of PCRE might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
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:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r4" |