vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-5636: Python: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 2, 2016 | Oct 30, 2017 | Aug 13, 2025 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 2, 2016
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Aug 13, 2025
Description
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted index
file using Python’s dumbdbm module, possibly resulting in execution of
arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-lang-python
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