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CVSSv2

CVE-2008-1887

Published: 18/04/2008 Updated: 27/06/2022
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 829
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Vulnerability Summary

Python 2.5.2 and previous versions allows context-dependent malicious users to execute arbitrary code via multiple vectors that cause a negative size value to be provided to the PyString_FromStringAndSize function, which allocates less memory than expected when assert() is disabled and triggers a buffer overflow.

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Ubuntu Security Notice: python2.4, python2.5 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that there were new integer overflows in the imageop module If an attacker were able to trick a Python application into processing a specially crafted image, they could execute arbitrary code with user privileges (CVE-2008-1679) ...
Red Hat: Moderate: python security update
Synopsis Moderate: python security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Updated python packages that fix multiple security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team Des ...
Red Hat: Moderate: python security update
Synopsis Moderate: python security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Updated python packages that fix multiple security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team Des ...
Red Hat: Moderate: python security update
Synopsis Moderate: python security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Updated python packages that fix multiple security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team Des ...
Debian Security Advisories: DSA-1620-1 python2.5 -- several vulnerabilities
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the Python language The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2007-2052 Piotr Engelking discovered that the strxfrm() function of the locale module miscalculates the length of an internal buffer, which may result in a mino ...

References

CWE-120http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490776http://bugs.python.org/issue2587http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551http://secunia.com/advisories/29889http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28749http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xmlhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620http://secunia.com/advisories/30872http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900http://secunia.com/advisories/31518http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31255http://secunia.com/advisories/31365http://secunia.com/advisories/31687http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33937http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0122http://secunia.com/advisories/37471http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.htmlhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41944https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8624https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10407http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506056/100/0/threadedhttps://nvd.nist.govhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/632-1/
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