CVE-2014-1912
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Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of python as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as they did not include the vulnerable socket.recvfrom_into() function. This issue was also corrected in the version of python shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 prior to release.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue in Red Hat Software Collections. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (python27-python) | RHSA-2015:1064 | 2015-06-04 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (python27-python) | RHSA-2015:1064 | 2015-06-04 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (python) | RHSA-2015:1330 | 2015-07-20 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | python33-python | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-python34-python | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | python | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | python | Not affected |