__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN Python2.4 Buffer Overflow [DSA-1197-1] October 23, 2006 16:00 GMT Number R-023 [REVISED 27 Oct 2006] ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: Buffer overflow in the repr function in Python 2.3 through 2.6 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. PLATFORM: Python 2.3 through 2.6 DAMAGE: Might lead to execution of arbitrary code through a buffer overflow. SOLUTION: Apply current patches. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is LOW. Might lead to execution of arbitrary code ASSESSMENT: through a buffer overflow. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/r-023.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1197 ADDITIONAL LINKS: Debian Security Advisory 1198-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1198 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4980 ______________________________________________________________________________ REVISION HISTORY: 10/27/06 - added a link to Debian Security Advisory 1198-1 [***** Start DSA-1197-1 *****] Debian Security Advisory DSA-1197-1 python2.4 -- buffer overflow Date Reported: 22 Oct 2006 Affected Packages: python2.4 Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 391589. In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-4980. More information: Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler discovered that the repr() of the Python interpreter allocates insufficient memory when parsing UCS-4 Unicode strings, which might lead to execution of arbitrary code through a buffer overflow. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.1-2sarge1. Due to build problems this update lacks fixed packages for the m68k architecture. Once they are sorted out, binaries for m68k will be released. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.4-1. We recommend that you upgrade your Python 2.4 packages. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.1-2sarge1.dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.1-2sarge1.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.1.orig.tar.gz Architecture-independent component: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/idle-python2.4_2.4.1-2sarge1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-doc_2.4.1-2sarge1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-examples_2.4.1-2sarge1_all.deb Alpha: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.1-2sarge1_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.1-2sarge1_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.1-2sarge1_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-gdbm_2.4.1-2sarge1_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-tk_2.4.1-2sarge1_alpha.deb AMD64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.1-2sarge1_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.1-2sarge1_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.1-2sarge1_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-gdbm_2.4.1-2sarge1_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-tk_2.4.1-2sarge1_amd64.deb ARM: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.1-2sarge1_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.1-2sarge1_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.1-2sarge1_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-gdbm_2.4.1-2sarge1_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-tk_2.4.1-2sarge1_arm.deb HPPA: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.1-2sarge1_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.1-2sarge1_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.1-2sarge1_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-gdbm_2.4.1-2sarge1_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-tk_2.4.1-2sarge1_hppa.deb Intel IA-32: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.1-2sarge1_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.1-2sarge1_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.1-2sarge1_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-gdbm_2.4.1-2sarge1_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-tk_2.4.1-2sarge1_i386.deb Intel IA-64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.1-2sarge1_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.1-2sarge1_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.1-2sarge1_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-gdbm_2.4.1-2sarge1_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-tk_2.4.1-2sarge1_ia64.deb Big endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.1-2sarge1_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.1-2sarge1_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.1-2sarge1_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-gdbm_2.4.1-2sarge1_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-tk_2.4.1-2sarge1_mips.deb Little endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.1-2sarge1_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.1-2sarge1_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.1-2sarge1_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-gdbm_2.4.1-2sarge1_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-tk_2.4.1-2sarge1_mipsel.deb PowerPC: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.1-2sarge1_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.1-2sarge1_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.1-2sarge1_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-gdbm_2.4.1-2sarge1_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-tk_2.4.1-2sarge1_powerpc.deb IBM S/390: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.1-2sarge1_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.1-2sarge1_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.1-2sarge1_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-gdbm_2.4.1-2sarge1_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-tk_2.4.1-2sarge1_s390.deb Sun Sparc: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.1-2sarge1_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.1-2sarge1_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.1-2sarge1_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-gdbm_2.4.1-2sarge1_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-tk_2.4.1-2sarge1_sparc.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. 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