A vulnerability has been identified in Python, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the "repr()" function that does not properly handle UTF32/UCS-4 encoded strings, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a system via applications that use the vulnerable function.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler
ChangeLog
2006-10-07 : Initial release
2006-10-12 : Updated Solution
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