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CVE-2006-4980

Date: October 9, 2006

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.

Severity Score

7.3

Related Resources (43)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20376

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-229.htm

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1197

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1198

Url: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=391589

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5131

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2006-4980

Url: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-702

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-359-1

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4980

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0713.html

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22303

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448244/100/100/threaded

Url: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/python2.4/+bug/56633

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22448

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22487

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3940

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31492

Url: http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/882/5120103_f.SAL_Public.html

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-07.xml

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22639

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29408

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1017019

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22357

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22379

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html

Url: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:181

Url: http://zoehep.xent.com/~bsittler/python2.4-2.4.3_unicodeobject.c.diff

Url: http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-9986131-patch.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22512

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22358

Url: http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-3069097-patch.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23680

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456546/100/200/threaded

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22276

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22297

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22531

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10789

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2006-4980

Severity Score

7.3

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2006-4980

Date: October 9, 2006

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