Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57539
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 1198-1 (python2.3)
Summary:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 1198-1 (python2.3)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to python2.3 announced via advisory DSA 1198-1. Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler discovered that the repr() of the Python interpreter allocates insufficient memory when parsing UCS-4 Unicode strings, which might lead to execution of arbitrary code through a buffer overflow. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.5-3sarge2. Due to build problems this update lacks fixed packages for the Alpha and Sparc architectures. Once they are sorted out, fixed binaries will be released. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.5-16. We recommend that you upgrade your Python 2.3 packages. Solution: http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201198-1
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-4980 Bugtraq: 20061011 rPSA-2006-0187-1 idle python (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/448244/100/100/threaded Bugtraq: 20070110 VMware ESX server security updates (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/456546/100/200/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-1197 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1197 Debian Security Information: DSA-1198 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1198 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-07.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:181 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0713.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html SGI Security Advisory: 20061001-01-P ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:025 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-359-1 BugTraq ID: 20376 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20376 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10789 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3940 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5131 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017019 http://secunia.com/advisories/22276 http://secunia.com/advisories/22303 http://secunia.com/advisories/22357 http://secunia.com/advisories/22297 http://secunia.com/advisories/22358 http://secunia.com/advisories/22379 http://secunia.com/advisories/22448 http://secunia.com/advisories/22512 http://secunia.com/advisories/22531 http://secunia.com/advisories/22639 http://secunia.com/advisories/22487 http://secunia.com/advisories/23680 http://secunia.com/advisories/31492 XForce ISS Database: python-repr-bo(29408) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29408
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