CVE-2014-1912
Public on 2014-02-26
Modified on 2014-09-16
Description
It was discovered that the socket.recvfrom_into() function failed to check the size of the supplied buffer. This could lead to a buffer overflow when the function was called with an insufficiently sized buffer.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | python26 | 2014-02-26 | ALAS-2014-292 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | python27 | 2014-02-26 | ALAS-2014-293 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |