A flaw was found in the way the json module handled negative index argument passed to certain functions (such as raw_decode()). An attacker able to control index value passed to one of the affected functions could possibly use this flaw to disclose portions of the application memory.
Find out more about CVE-2014-4616 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the versions of python as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, the versions of python-simplejson as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, and the versions of python33-python and python33-python-simplejson as shipped with Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. Future updates may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
| Base Score | 4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | RHSA-2015:1064 | 2015-06-04 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | RHSA-2015:1064 | 2015-06-04 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (python) | RHSA-2015:2101 | 2015-11-19 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python-simplejson | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.4 | python-simplejson | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.3 | python-simplejson | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | python-simplejson | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | python | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | python-simplejson | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | python-simplejson | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | python | Not affected |
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