CVE-2014-1912

Publication date 21 February 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
python2.6	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.6.5-1ubuntu6.3
python2.7	13.10 saucy	Fixed 2.7.5-8ubuntu3.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 2.7.3-5ubuntu4.4
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.7.3-0ubuntu3.5
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
python3.1	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
python3.2	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 3.2.3-6ubuntu3.5
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 3.2.3-0ubuntu3.6
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
python3.3	13.10 saucy	Fixed 3.3.2-7ubuntu3.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 3.3.0-1ubuntu0.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
python3.4	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
python2.7	Upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/87673659d8f7
python3.1	Upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/715fd3d8ac93
python3.2	Upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9c56217e5c79
python3.3	Upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/7f176a45211f

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2125-1
Python vulnerability
3 March 2014

CVE-2014-1912

Status

Patch details

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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