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CVE-2006-4980

Buffer overflow in the repr function in Python 2.3 through 2.6 before 20060822 allows context-dependent attackers to cau

Buffer overflow in the repr function in Python 2.3 through 2.6 before 20060822 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted wide character UTF-32/UCS-4 strings to certain scripts.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.01059

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules8 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

2

python< 2.3.6

python>= 2.4.0 and < 2.4.4

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Sigma Hunt Rules

8

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

producthighPython Reverse Shell Execution Via PTY And Socket Modules

producthighInline Python Execution - Spawn Shell Via OS System Library

producthighPython One-Liners with Base64 Decoding - Linux

producthighPython Function Execution Security Warning Disabled In Excel

producthighPython One-Liners with Base64 Decoding

producthighPython Spawning Pretty TTY on Windows

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producthighCredential Dumping Activity By Python Based Tool

producthighPython Function Execution Security Warning Disabled In Excel - Registry

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Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD10 Oct 2006 · 04:06 AM

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Vendor Advisories

5

rhsaRHSA-2008:0264Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2008:0629Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2008:0525Moderate
usnUSN-359-1
rhsaRHSA-2006:0713Important

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References & Sources

40

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.ascPatchThird Party Advisory

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=391589Third Party Advisory

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=208162Issue Tracking

http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/882/5120103_f.SAL_Public.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22276Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22297Broken Link

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http://secunia.com/advisories/22303Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22357Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/22358Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/22379Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/22448Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/22487Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/22512Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/22531Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/22639Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/23680Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/31492Broken Link

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-07.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017019Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1541585&group_id=5470&atid=305470Third Party Advisory

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-229.htmThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1197Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1198Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:181Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0713.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448244/100/100/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456546/100/200/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20376Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-359-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-3069097-patch.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-9986131-patch.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3940Broken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5131Broken Link

http://zoehep.xent.com/~bsittler/python2.4-2.4.3_unicodeobject.c.diffThird Party Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29408Broken LinkVDB Entry

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-702Third Party Advisory

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/python2.4/+bug/56633Third Party Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10789Broken Link

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