Vulnerability CVE-2014-1912
Published: 2014-02-28   Modified: 2014-03-01

Description:
Buffer overflow in the socket.recvfrom_into function in Modules/socketmodule.c in Python 2.5 before 2.7.7, 3.x before 3.3.4, and 3.4.x before 3.4rc1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.

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Topic
Author
Date
High
Python socket.recvfrom_into() remote buffer overflow
sha0coder
25.02.2014

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Python -> Python 
Apple -> Mac os x 

 References:
http://bugs.python.org/issue20246
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/87673659d8f7
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00035.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00008.html
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=GHXSmNEg
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1330.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2880
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31875
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/12/16
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65379
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029831
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2125-1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
https://www.trustedsec.com/february-2014/python-remote-code-execution-socket-recvfrom_into/
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