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Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 23:54:11 +0100
From: Raphael Geissert <geissert@...ian.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE request? buffer overflow in socket.recvfrom_into
Hi,
A bug has been reported in python, where socket.recvfrom_into "fails to
check that the supplied buffer object is big enough for the requested read
and so will happily write off the end"[1]. Ryan Smith-Roberts goes on to say
"while very highly unlikely it's technically remotely exploitable".
Does anyone with a better python fu tell whether this should get a CVE id? A
quick search on Debian's code doesn't really tell me much [2]
I've been able to reproduce the bug in python 2.5 and greater, which
confirms what the bug report says.
[1] http://bugs.python.org/issue20246
[2]
http://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=recvfrom_into%5C%28%5B%5E%5C%29%5D%2B%2C+filetype%3Apython+-
package%3Apython2.7+-package%3Apython3.3+-package%3Apython3.4
Cheers,
--
Raphael Geissert - Debian Developer
www.debian.org - get.debian.net
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