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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-5636) (Multiple Advisories): python security and bug fix update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-5636) (Multiple Advisories): python security and bug fix update

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/09/2016
Modified
01/22/2020

Description

Integer overflow in the get_data function in zipimport.c in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.12, 3.x before 3.4.5, and 3.5.x before 3.5.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a negative data size value, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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

References

  • ELSA-2017-1868
  • CVE-2016-5636
  • USN-3134-1
  • DLA-522-1

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