Debian Security Advisory

DSA-458-3 python2.2 -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

10 Oct 2004

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 248946, Bug 269548.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 9836.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0150.

More information:

This security advisory corrects DSA 458-2 which caused a problem in the gethostbyaddr routine.

The original advisory said:

Sebastian Schmidt discovered a buffer overflow bug in Python's getaddrinfo function, which could allow an IPv6 address, supplied by a remote attacker via DNS, to overwrite memory on the stack.

This bug only exists in python 2.2 and 2.2.1, and only when IPv6 support is disabled. The python2.2 package in Debian woody meets these conditions (the 'python' package does not).

For the stable distribution (woody), this bug has been fixed in version 2.2.1-4.6.

The testing and unstable distribution (sarge and sid) are not affected by this problem.

We recommend that you update your python2.2 packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2_2.2.1-4.6.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2_2.2.1-4.6.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2_2.2.1.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/idle-python2.2_2.2.1-4.6_all.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-doc_2.2.1-4.6_all.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-elisp_2.2.1-4.6_all.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-examples_2.2.1-4.6_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2_2.2.1-4.6_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-dev_2.2.1-4.6_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-gdbm_2.2.1-4.6_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-mpz_2.2.1-4.6_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-tk_2.2.1-4.6_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-xmlbase_2.2.1-4.6_alpha.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2_2.2.1-4.6_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-dev_2.2.1-4.6_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-gdbm_2.2.1-4.6_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-mpz_2.2.1-4.6_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-tk_2.2.1-4.6_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-xmlbase_2.2.1-4.6_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2_2.2.1-4.6_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-dev_2.2.1-4.6_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-gdbm_2.2.1-4.6_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-mpz_2.2.1-4.6_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-tk_2.2.1-4.6_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-xmlbase_2.2.1-4.6_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2_2.2.1-4.6_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-dev_2.2.1-4.6_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-gdbm_2.2.1-4.6_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-mpz_2.2.1-4.6_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-tk_2.2.1-4.6_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-xmlbase_2.2.1-4.6_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2_2.2.1-4.6_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-dev_2.2.1-4.6_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-gdbm_2.2.1-4.6_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-mpz_2.2.1-4.6_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-tk_2.2.1-4.6_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-xmlbase_2.2.1-4.6_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2_2.2.1-4.6_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-dev_2.2.1-4.6_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-gdbm_2.2.1-4.6_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-mpz_2.2.1-4.6_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-tk_2.2.1-4.6_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-xmlbase_2.2.1-4.6_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2_2.2.1-4.6_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-dev_2.2.1-4.6_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-gdbm_2.2.1-4.6_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-mpz_2.2.1-4.6_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-tk_2.2.1-4.6_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-xmlbase_2.2.1-4.6_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2_2.2.1-4.6_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-dev_2.2.1-4.6_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-gdbm_2.2.1-4.6_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-mpz_2.2.1-4.6_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-tk_2.2.1-4.6_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-xmlbase_2.2.1-4.6_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2_2.2.1-4.6_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-dev_2.2.1-4.6_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-gdbm_2.2.1-4.6_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-mpz_2.2.1-4.6_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-tk_2.2.1-4.6_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-xmlbase_2.2.1-4.6_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2_2.2.1-4.6_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-dev_2.2.1-4.6_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-gdbm_2.2.1-4.6_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-mpz_2.2.1-4.6_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-tk_2.2.1-4.6_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-xmlbase_2.2.1-4.6_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2_2.2.1-4.6_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-dev_2.2.1-4.6_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-gdbm_2.2.1-4.6_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-mpz_2.2.1-4.6_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-tk_2.2.1-4.6_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.2/python2.2-xmlbase_2.2.1-4.6_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the revised advisory.

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