CVE-2012-2135 Information

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.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=670389 http://bugs.python.org/issue14579 http://secunia.com/advisories/51087 http://secunia.com/advisories/51089 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/4 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1615-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1