CVE-2016-5636

Advisory

Integer overflow in the get_data function in zipimport.c in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.12, 3.x before 3.4.5, and 3.5.x before 3.5.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a negative data size value, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. See CVE-2016-5636.

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Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5636
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/16/1
• https://docs.python.org/3.4/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-4-5
• https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/15/15
• https://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/v2.7.12/Misc/NEWS
• https://bugs.python.org/issue26171
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91247
• http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE
• http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-18
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038138
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2586.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00011.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html