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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-2052

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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2007-2052

Description:
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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-585-1

TRUSTIX
  http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0019/

SUSE
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA25787
  Secunia Advisory: SA25233
  Secunia Advisory: SA25353
  Secunia Advisory: SA25217
  Secunia Advisory: SA25190
  Secunia Advisory: SA28027
  Secunia Advisory: SA28050
  Secunia Advisory: SA29032
  Secunia Advisory: SA29303
  Secunia Advisory: SA29889

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1076.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1077.html

MLIST
  http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.html

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:099

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551

CONFIRM
  http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5.1/NEWS.txt
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=416934

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/488457/100/0/threaded

BID
  23887


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