DSA-1667-1 python2.4 -- several vulnerabilities

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1667-1 python2.4 -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:

19 Nov 2008

Affected Packages:

python2.4

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-2315, CVE-2008-3142, CVE-2008-3143, CVE-2008-3144.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the Python language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

• CVE-2008-2315

  David Remahl discovered several integer overflows in the stringobject, unicodeobject, bufferobject, longobject, tupleobject, stropmodule, gcmodule, and mmapmodule modules.

• CVE-2008-3142

  Justin Ferguson discovered that incorrect memory allocation in the unicode_resize() function can lead to buffer overflows.

• CVE-2008-3143

  Several integer overflows were discovered in various Python core modules.

• CVE-2008-3144

  Several integer overflows were discovered in the PyOS_vsnprintf() function.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.4-3+etch4.

For the unstable distribution (sid) and the upcoming stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.5-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your python2.4 packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch4.diff.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-examples_2.4.4-3+etch4_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/idle-python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch4_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch4_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch4_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch4_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.