Multiple buffer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier on 32bit platforms allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have unspecified other impact via a long string that leads to incorrect memory allocation during Unicode string processing, related to the unicode_resize function and the PyMem_RESIZE macro.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian / debian_linux | 4.0 | 4.0.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 6.06 | 6.06.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 7.04 | 7.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 7.10 | 7.10.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 8.04 | 8.04.x |
| python / python | - | 2.4.6 |
| python / python | 2.5.0 | 2.5.3 |