SB2018022242 - Buffer overflow in python2 (Alpine package)
Published: February 22, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018022242
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4616)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.