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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-135

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-135
Posted Jul 11, 2014
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-135 - Updated python and python-simplejson packages fix security vulnerability. Python is susceptible to arbitrary process memory reading by a user or adversary due to a bug in the _json module caused by insufficient bounds checking. The bug is caused by allowing the user to supply a negative value that is used an an array index, causing the scanstring function to access process memory outside of the string it is intended to access. This issue also affected the python-simplejson package, which has been patched to fix the bug.

tags | advisory, arbitrary, python
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2014-4616
SHA-256 | 2e1ca44b3c7d0495fc892ad6c604a6c8751d93020484cf8a66712eb8e88b1b55

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-135

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2014:135
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : python
Date : July 10, 2014
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:

Updated python and python-simplejson package fixes security
vulnerability

Python are susceptible to arbitrary process memory reading by a user
or adversary due to a bug in the _json module caused by insufficient
bounds checking. The bug is caused by allowing the user to supply a
negative value that is used an an array index, causing the scanstring
function to access process memory outside of the string it is intended
to access (CVE-2014-4616).

This issue also affected the python-simplejson package, which has
been patched to fix the bug.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4616
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0285.html
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0286.html
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
d9dc3e344912fe13ca0abaac75f1a2bc mbs1/x86_64/lib64python2.7-2.7.3-4.7.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
d95379dfaf5a4c1c4b866b1ed4508cc6 mbs1/x86_64/lib64python-devel-2.7.3-4.7.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
9afec1ffb70517b2d0ee7e7000f71db4 mbs1/x86_64/python-2.7.3-4.7.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
6f4db8fc759094286f4c2f091e3c836a mbs1/x86_64/python-docs-2.7.3-4.7.mbs1.noarch.rpm
47ac5e01908c8e338c5c57ea8b289f0a mbs1/x86_64/python-simplejson-2.3.3-2.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
6220ae202c1e8a36ee0247dbd6c562b0 mbs1/x86_64/tkinter-2.7.3-4.7.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
190dd1f702c49cec2f19dc318194f5c8 mbs1/x86_64/tkinter-apps-2.7.3-4.7.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
170ddde5f118f76a595ff5c7956cd9b0 mbs1/SRPMS/python-2.7.3-4.7.mbs1.src.rpm
572c8374b57cfc16727897b8a959222d mbs1/SRPMS/python-simplejson-2.3.3-2.1.mbs1.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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