Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting python package, versions [,2.5.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.67% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PYTHON-2317670
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed24 Mar 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Mar 2007

CVE-2007-1657  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade python to version 2.5.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Stack-based buffer overflow in the file_compress function in minigzip (Modules/zlib) in Python 2.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long file argument.

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CVSS Base Scores

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