CVE-2013-7338

Publication date 22 April 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Python before 3.3.4 RC1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a file size value larger than the size of the zip file to the (1) ZipExtFile.read, (2) ZipExtFile.read(n), (3) ZipExtFile.readlines, (4) ZipFile.extract, or (5) ZipFile.extractall function.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python2.6 14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
python2.7 14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
13.10 saucy
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
python3.1 14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
python3.2 14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Not in release
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
python3.3 14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Ignored end of life
12.10 quantal Ignored end of life
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
python3.4 14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
13.10 saucy Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

looks like it was introduced in python 3.3: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/028e8e0b03e8

Patch details

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Package Patch details
python3.3