Out-of-Bounds Affecting python27 package, versions <0:2.7.5-13.35.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-PYTHON27-1676098
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed24 Aug 2017

Introduced: 24 Aug 2017

CVE-2014-4616  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 python27 to version 0:2.7.5-13.35.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2014-380.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python27 package and not the python27 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1