Out-of-Bounds Affecting python26-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.6.9-1.43.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
38.99% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-PYTHON26DEBUGINFO-1672255
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed1 Mar 2014

Introduced: 1 Mar 2014

CVE-2014-1912  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 python26-debuginfo to version 0:2.6.9-1.43.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2014-292.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python26-debuginfo package and not the python26-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in the socket.recvfrom_into function in Modules/socketmodule.c in Python 2.5 before 2.7.7, 3.x before 3.3.4, and 3.4.x before 3.4rc1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.

CVSS Scores

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