CVE-2007-2052
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · CWE-193
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Off-by-one error in the PyLocale_strxfrm function in Modules/_localemodule.c for Python 2.4 and 2.5 causes an incorrect buffer size to be used for the strxfrm function, which allows context-dependent attackers to read portions of memory via unknown manipulations that trigger a buffer over-read due to missing null termination.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)12%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=416934Advisory
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25190
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25217
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25233
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25353
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25787
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28027