Is python buffer overflow proof?

Thorsten Kampe thorsten at thorstenkampe.de
Fri Aug 7 09:10:29 EDT 2009


* Neil Hodgson (Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:32:55 GMT)
> Thorsten Kampe:
> > You cannot create "your own" buffer overflow in Python as you can in 
C 
> > and C++ but your code could still be vulnerable if the underlying Python 
> > construct is written in C.
> 
>    Python's standard library does now include unsafe constructs.

I don't doubt that. If Python contains a buffer overflow vulnerability 
your code will also be susceptible to that. Please read the link I 
provided as an example.

Thorsten



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