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      "value": "Python versi\u00f3n 2.5.2 y anteriores, permite a los atacantes dependiendo del contexto ejecutar c\u00f3digo arbitrario por medio de varios vectores que causan que se proporcione un valor de tama\u00f1o negativo a la funci\u00f3n PyString_FromStringAndSize, que asigna menos memoria de la esperada cuando assert() est\u00e1 deshabilitado y desencadena un desbordamiento de b\u00fafer."
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