CVE-2014-1912 (NVD)

2014-03-01

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.

Products Mac_os_x, Python
Type Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119)
First patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fbf648ebba32bbc5aa571a4b09e2062a65fd2492
Relevant file/s • ./Modules/socketmodule.c
• ./Lib/test/test_socket.py (modified, +8)
• ./Misc/ACKS (modified, +1)
• ./Misc/NEWS (modified, +2)
Links • http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1330.html
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31875
• https://www.trustedsec.com/february-2014/python-remote-code-execution-socket-recvfrom_into/
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029831
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