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Maxin B. John e34ad1e27b python: Fix CVE-2014-1912
A remote user can send specially crafted data to trigger a buffer overflow
in socket.recvfrom_into() and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The code will run with the privileges of the target service.

This back-ported patch fixes CVE-2014-1912

(From OE-Core rev: 344049ccfa59ae489c35fe0fb7592f7d34720b51)

Signed-off-by: Maxin B. John <maxin.john@enea.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2014-04-09 09:53:14 +01:00

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Upstream-Status: Backport
Reference: http://bugs.python.org/issue20246
CVE-2014-1912: Python buffer overflow in socket.recvfrom_into()
lets remote users execute arbitrary code.Original patch by Benjamin Peterson
Signed-off-by: Maxin B. John <maxin.john@enea.com>
---
diff -r 40fb60df4755 Modules/socketmodule.c
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c Sun Jan 12 12:11:47 2014 +0200
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c Mon Jan 13 16:36:35 2014 -0800
@@ -2744,6 +2744,13 @@
recvlen = buflen;
}
+ /* Check if the buffer is large enough */
+ if (buflen < recvlen) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+ "buffer too small for requested bytes");
+ goto error;
+ }
+
readlen = sock_recvfrom_guts(s, buf.buf, recvlen, flags, &addr);
if (readlen < 0) {
/* Return an error */