<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200802-10"> <title>Python: PCRE Integer overflow</title> <synopsis> A vulnerability within Python's copy of PCRE might lead to the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">python</product> <announced>2008-02-23</announced> <revised count="01">2008-02-23</revised> <bug>198373</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-lang/python" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.3.6-r4</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.3.6-r4</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. </p> </background> <description> <p> Python 2.3 includes a copy of PCRE which is vulnerable to an integer overflow vulnerability, leading to a buffer overflow. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by tricking a vulnerable Python application to compile a regular expressions, which could possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code, a Denial of Service or the disclosure of sensitive information. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Python 2.3 users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r4"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-7228">CVE-2006-7228</uri> <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml">GLSA 200711-30</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-01-07T19:00:53Z"> rbu </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-01-28T18:01:42Z"> jaervosz </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-02-18T22:37:11Z"> rbu </metadata> </glsa>