PyPi: Python

CVE-2006-1542

Safety vulnerability ID: 61220

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Created at Mar 30, 2006 Updated at Mar 29, 2024
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Advisory

Stack-based buffer overflow in Python 2.4.2 and earlier, running on Linux 2.6.12.5 under gcc 4.0.3 with libc 2.3.5, allows local users to cause a "stack overflow," and possibly gain privileges, by running a script from a current working directory that has a long name, related to the realpath function. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability. However, the fact that it appears in a programming language interpreter could mean that some applications are affected, although attack scenarios might be limited because the attacker might already need to cross privilege boundaries to cause an exploitable program to be placed in a directory with a long name; or, depending on the method that Python uses to determine the current working directory, setuid applications might be affected.

Affected package

python

Latest version: 0.9.8

Affected versions

Fixed versions

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

LOW 3.7

CVSS v2 Details

LOW 3.7
Access Vector (AV)
LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC)
HIGH
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact (I)
PARTIAL
Availability Impact (A)
PARTIAL