Buffer Overflow Affecting python27-tkinter package, versions <0:2.7.8-3.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
28.11% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PYTHON27TKINTER-4638432
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Jan 2014

Introduced: 14 Jan 2014

CVE-2014-1912  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 python27-tkinter to version 0:2.7.8-3.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1064.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python27-tkinter package and not the python27-tkinter package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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 Base Scores

version 3.1