CVE-2006-1542

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 30 Mar 2006, 11:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 17:19

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
25/100
CVSS Score
3.7 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.21% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

30 Mar 2006, 11:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 17:19
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Python 2.4.2 and earlier, running on Linux 2.6.12.5 under gcc 4.0.3 with libc 2.3.5, allows local users to cause a "stack overflow," and possibly gain privileges, by running a script from a current working directory that has a long name, related to the realpath function. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability. However, the fact that it appears in a programming language interpreter could mean that some applications are affected, although attack scenarios might be limited because the attacker might already need to cross privilege boundaries to cause an exploitable program to be placed in a directory with a long name; or, depending on the method that Python uses to determine the current working directory, setuid applications might be affected.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 3.7AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.21%• Percentile: 43%

Affected Systems

  • python•python

    ≤ 2.4.2

References (4)