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Improper Validation of Array Index Affecting python package, versions <0:2.7.5-34.el7

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.31% (70th percentile)
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NVD
5.9 medium
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Red Hat
4.8 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-PYTHON-2055066
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 19 May 2014
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Introduced: 19 May 2014

CVE-2014-4616 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-129 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 python to version 0:2.7.5-34.el7 or higher.

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.

Array index error in the scanstring function in the _json module in Python 2.7 through 3.5 and simplejson before 2.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary process memory via a negative index value in the idx argument to the raw_decode function.