Python 2.5.2 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple vectors that cause a negative size value to be provided to the PyString_FromStringAndSize function, which allocates less memory than expected when assert() is disabled and triggers a buffer overflow.
- http://bugs.python.org/issue2587
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- https://github.com/mudongliang/LinuxFlaw
- https://github.com/oneoy/cve-