File _patchinfo of Package patchinfo.6853
<patchinfo incident="6853">
<issue id="1068664" tracker="bnc">VUL-0: CVE-2017-1000158: python,python27: CPython (aka Python) up to 2.7.13 is vulnerable to an integer overflow in thePyString_DecodeEscape function in stringobject.c, resulting in heap-based bufferoverflow (and possible arbitrary code e</issue>
<issue id="1079300" tracker="bnc">VUL-0: CVE-2018-1000030: python: Heap-Buffer-Overflow and Heap-Use-After-Free in Objects/fileobject.c</issue>
<issue id="2017-1000158" tracker="cve" />
<issue id="2018-1000030" tracker="cve" />
<category>security</category>
<rating>moderate</rating>
<packager>psimons</packager>
<description>This update for python fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2017-1000158: Fixed integer overflows in PyString_DecodeEscape that could have resulted in
heap-based buffer overflow attacks and possible arbitrary code execution (bsc#1068664).
- CVE-2018-1000030: Fixed crash inside the Python interpreter when multiple threads used the same
I/O stream concurrently (bsc#1079300).
</description>
<summary>Security update for python</summary>
</patchinfo>