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CVE-2006-4980 (GCVE-0-2006-4980)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-10-09 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:32
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the repr function in Python 2.3 through 2.6 before 20060822 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted wide character UTF-32/UCS-4 strings to certain scripts.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/pyth… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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Date Public
2006-10-06 00:00
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      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:21:34+00:00",
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      "id": "CVE-2006-4980",
      "initial_release_date": "2006-08-16T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "280",
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      "id": "CVE-2006-4980",
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      "product_status:known_affected": "1",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "128",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2006-4980",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2006-4980.json",
      "version": "12"
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  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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