CVE - CVE-2012-2135

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-2135	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The utf-16 decoder in Python 3.1 through 3.3 does not update the aligned_end variable after calling the unicode_decode_call_errorhandler function, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (process memory) or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via unspecified vectors.
References
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MISC:51087 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/51087 MISC:51089 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/51089 MISC:USN-1615-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1615-1 MISC:USN-1616-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20120425 CVE Request: Python 3.2/3.3 utf-16 decoder unicode_decode_call_errorhandler aligned_end is not updated URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/2 MISC:[oss-security] 20120425 Re: CVE Request: Python 3.2/3.3 utf-16 decoder unicode_decode_call_errorhandler aligned_end is not updated URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/4 MISC:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=670389 URL:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=670389 MISC:http://bugs.python.org/issue14579 URL:http://bugs.python.org/issue14579
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120404	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20120404)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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