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Ubuntu: USN-2653-1 (CVE-2014-4616): Python vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2653-1 (CVE-2014-4616): Python vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
08/24/2017
Created
11/09/2024
Added
11/08/2024
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Array index error in the scanstring function in the _json module in Python 2.7 through 3.5 and simplejson before 2.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary process memory via a negative index value in the idx argument to the raw_decode 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

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