CVE-2008-1679

Summary

CVECVE-2008-1679
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-22 04:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-190 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Python All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian update for python2.5 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com VDB Entry
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Debian update for python - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0149 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
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Slackware update for python - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Issue 1179: [CVE-2007-4965] Integer overflow in imageop module - Python tracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.python.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
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[#RPL-2424] python imageop int overflow CVE-2008-1679 - rPath Issue Tracking System af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com Third Party Advisory
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About the security content of Security Update 2009-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1620-1 python2.5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Support | Micro Focus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Third Party Advisory
ASA-2010-050 (SUN 273570) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2009-02-12 Security Update 2009-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List
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SUSE update for python - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
Message 64682 - Python tracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.python.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
USN-632-1: Python vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
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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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