CVE-2004-0150

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0150
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-04-15 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in Python 2.2 before 2.2.2, when IPv6 support is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an IPv6 address that is obtained using DNS.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-120 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Python All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/4172 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Python 2.2: Buffer overflow in getaddrinfo() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-458-3 python2.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Python getaddrinfo Function Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
Mandrakesoft Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandrakesoft.com Broken Link
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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