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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201805-02">
<title>Python: Buffer overflow</title>
<synopsis>A buffer overflow in Python might allow remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">python</product>
<announced>2018-05-02</announced>
<revised count="1">2018-05-02</revised>
<bug>637938</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-lang/python" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge" slot="2.7">2.7.14</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt" slot="2.7">2.7.14</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
language.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>A buffer overflow was discovered in Python’s PyString_DecodeEscape
function in stringobject.c.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>Remote attackers, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted
file, could execute arbitrary code.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All Python 2 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-2.7.14:2.7"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000158">
CVE-2017-1000158
</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-04-24T00:27:08Z">b-man</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-05-02T23:53:50Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>
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