Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting python package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.43% (87th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-PYTHON-1971231
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 13 Jun 2017
How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7
python
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python
package and not the python
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:7
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
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000158
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4307
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-02
- https://bugs.python.org/issue30657
- 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
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039890
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0001/