Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting python3.5 package, versions <3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.4
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.43% (87th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-PYTHON35-304686
- published 17 Nov 2017
- disclosed 17 Nov 2017
Introduced: 17 Nov 2017
CVE-2017-1000158 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 python3.5 to version 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.4 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3.5 package and not the python3.5 package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
CPython (aka Python) up to 2.7.13 is vulnerable to an integer overflow in the PyString_DecodeEscape function in stringobject.c, resulting in heap-based buffer overflow (and possible arbitrary code execution)
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-1000158
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000158
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4307
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00035.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00036.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00031.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000158
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-02
- https://bugs.python.org/issue30657
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039890
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0001/
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