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Python vulnerability permits remote attacks
Posted by: Jordi on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 04:41 PM
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Thousands of applications, including many large and mission critical systems at enterprises like Industrial Light & Magic, Google and NASA, are vulnerable to a bug that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or gain system access.
A remote attacker could supply a specially crafted IPv6 address via DNS that could cause a buffer overflow, permitting execution of arbitrary code and unauthorized system access.

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