CVE-2008-1679

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1679
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-22 04:41:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-02 18:52:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer overflows in imageop.c in Python before 2.5.3 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted images that trigger heap-based buffer overflows. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-4965.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Python All All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE slackware.com
[#RPL-2424] python imageop int overflow CVE-2008-1679 - rPath Issue Tracking System CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Python: Multiple integer overflows — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
APPLE-SA-2009-02-12 Security Update 2009-001 APPLE lists.apple.com
Ubuntu update for python - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
SUSE update for python - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
USN-632-1: Python vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Slackware update for python - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:017 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Gentoo update for python - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0149 - rPath Wiki CONFIRM wiki.rpath.com
Message 64682 - Python tracker MISC bugs.python.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1620-1 python2.5 DEBIAN www.debian.org
Debian update for python2.5 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Support | Micro Focus CONFIRM www.novell.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:163 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Issue 1179: [CVE-2007-4965] Integer overflow in imageop module - Python tracker CONFIRM bugs.python.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1551-1 python2.4 DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch
ASA-2010-050 (SUN 273570) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
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Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
rPath update for idle and python - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:164 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
About the security content of Security Update 2009-001 CONFIRM support.apple.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Avaya CMS Solaris Python Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-04-22Joshua BressersRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-1679 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
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