CWE
362
Advisory Published

USN-1616-1: Python 3.1 vulnerabilities

First published: Wed Oct 24 2012(Updated: )

It was discovered that Python would prepend an empty string to sys.path under certain circumstances. A local attacker with write access to the current working directory could exploit this to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2008-5983) It was discovered that the audioop module did not correctly perform input validation. If a user or automatated system were tricked into opening a crafted audio file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash. These issues only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-1634, CVE-2010-2089) It was discovered that Python distutils contained a race condition when creating the ~/.pypirc file. A local attacker could exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2011-4944) It was discovered that SimpleXMLRPCServer did not properly validate its input when handling HTTP POST requests. A remote attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via excessive CPU utilization. (CVE-2012-0845) It was discovered that Python was susceptible to hash algorithm attacks. An attacker could cause a denial of service under certian circumstances. This update adds the '-R' command line option and honors setting the PYTHONHASHSEED environment variable to 'random' to salt str and datetime objects with an unpredictable value. (CVE-2012-1150) Serhiy Storchaka discovered that the UTF16 decoder in Python did not properly reset internal variables after error handling. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via memory corruption. (CVE-2012-2135)

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
ubuntu/python3.1-minimal<3.1.3-1ubuntu1.2
3.1.3-1ubuntu1.2
=11.04
All of
ubuntu/python3.1<3.1.3-1ubuntu1.2
3.1.3-1ubuntu1.2
=11.04
All of
ubuntu/python3.1-minimal<3.1.2-0ubuntu3.2
3.1.2-0ubuntu3.2
=10.04
All of
ubuntu/python3.1<3.1.2-0ubuntu3.2
3.1.2-0ubuntu3.2
=10.04

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the vulnerability ID for this Python 3.1 vulnerability?

    The vulnerability ID for this Python 3.1 vulnerability is CVE-2008-5983.

  • What is the severity of the Python 3.1 vulnerability?

    The severity of the Python 3.1 vulnerability is not specified in the provided information.

  • How can a local attacker exploit this Python 3.1 vulnerability?

    A local attacker with write access to the current working directory could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.

  • Which versions of Ubuntu are affected by this Python 3.1 vulnerability?

    This Python 3.1 vulnerability affects Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (CVE-2008-5983) and Ubuntu 11.04.

  • How do I fix the Python 3.1 vulnerability?

    To fix the Python 3.1 vulnerability, update the python3.1 or python3.1-minimal package to version 3.1.3-1ubuntu1.2 (for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS) or version 3.1.3-1ubuntu1.2 (for Ubuntu 11.04).

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