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Secunia Advisory SA11080

Python DNS Response Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory SA11080
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Release Date 2004-03-10
   
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Criticality level Moderately criticalModerately critical
Impact System access
Where From remote
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Solution Status Vendor Patch
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
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Software:
Python 2.2.x
Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2004-0150 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

Description

Sebastian Schmidt has discovered a vulnerability in Python, potentially allowing malicious people to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

The problem is that the "getaddrinfo()" function contains a boundary error in the handling of certain IPv6 responses. This can potentially be exploited by malicious people by sending a maliciously crafted response from a DNS server.

The vulnerability affects Python versions 2.2 through 2.2.2 configured without IPv6 support.


Solution
Rebuild or update Python.
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Provided and/or discovered by
Sebastian Schmidt

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