Python Asyncore module accept () function Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Release date:
Updated on: 2010-09-17

Affected Systems:
Python Software Foundation Python 3.x
Python Software Foundation Python 2.6.x
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 43233

Python is an open-source scripting language.

The accept () function in the Python asyncore module does not properly handle errors, which may cause unexpected exceptions or return unexpected types. The Python server application using this module may crash.

<* Source: Giampaolo Rodola

Link: http://secunia.com/advisories/41279/
Http://bugs.python.org/issue6706
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

Python Software Foundation
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