Vulnerability Details CVE-2007-2052
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.13
EPSS Ranking 93.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=416934
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25190
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25217
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25233
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25353
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25787
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28027
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28050
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29032
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29303
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29889
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31255
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31492
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:099
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html
- http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5.1/NEWS.txt
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1076.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1077.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469294/30/6450/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488457/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23887
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0019/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-585-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1465
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0637
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235093
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34060
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1358
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11716
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8353
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=416934
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25190
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25217
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25233
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25353
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25787
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28027
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28050
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29032
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29303
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29889
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31255
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31492
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:099
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html
- http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5.1/NEWS.txt
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1076.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1077.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469294/30/6450/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488457/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23887
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0019/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-585-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1465
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0637
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235093
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34060
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1358
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11716
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8353