Upstream information

CVE-2012-2135 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.4
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 758993 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2012:0861-1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 12:41:51 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 7 13:05:32 2023