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ELSA-2015-2101 Moderate: Oracle Linux python security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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ELSA-2015-2101 Moderate: Oracle Linux python security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/08/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/24/2015
Modified
03/05/2020

Description

Integer overflow in bufferobject.c in Python before 2.7.8 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a large size and offset in a "buffer" function.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-debug
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-test
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-tkinter

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