CVE-2007-1657

Publication date 24 March 2007

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Stack-based buffer overflow in the file_compress function in minigzip (Modules/zlib) in Python 2.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long file argument.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python2.5 7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release