MGASA-2021-0064

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    MGASA-2021-0064

    Published: 4 Feb 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-3177

    Summary: Updated python and python3 packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A flaw was found in python. A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the ctypes module provided within Python. Applications that use ctypes without carefully validating the input passed to it may be vulnerable to this flaw, which would allow an attacker to overflow a buffer on the stack and crash the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability (CVE-2021-3177).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0064.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28204, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/MGSV6BJQLRQ6RKVUXK7JGU7TP4QFGQXC/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/python?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.18-1.2.mga7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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