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USN-2653-1: Python vulnerabilities

Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

10/08/2014

Created

07/25/2018

Added

06/26/2015

Modified

07/09/2020

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)

ubuntu-upgrade-python2-7
ubuntu-upgrade-python2-7-minimal
ubuntu-upgrade-python3-2
ubuntu-upgrade-python3-2-minimal
ubuntu-upgrade-python3-4
ubuntu-upgrade-python3-4-minimal

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2013-1753
APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2
70089
CVE - 2013-1753
CVE - 2014-4616
CVE - 2014-4650
CVE - 2014-7185
Category I
V0061337
2015-A-0199
USN-2653-1
96193

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