CVE-2018-1000117

Name	CVE-2018-1000117
Description	Python Software Foundation CPython version From 3.2 until 3.6.4 on Windows contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in os.symlink() function on Windows that can result in Arbitrary code execution, likely escalation of privilege. This attack appears to be exploitable via a python script that creates a symlink with an attacker controlled name or location. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 3.7.0 and 3.6.5.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
python3.7 (PTS)	buster	3.7.3-2+deb10u3	fixed
	buster (security)	3.7.3-2+deb10u4	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
python3.4	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
python3.5	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
python3.6	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
python3.7	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

Notes

- python3.7 <not-affected> (Windows-specific)
- python3.6 <not-affected> (Windows-specific)
- python3.5 <not-affected> (Windows-specific)
- python3.4 <not-affected> (Windows-specific)
http://hg.python.org/lookup/6921e73e33edc3c61bc2d78ed558eaa22a89a564
https://bugs.python.org/issue33001