CVE-2008-1721

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1721
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-10 19:05:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-05 18:43:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger signedness error in the zlib extension module in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative signed integer, which triggers insufficient memory allocation and a buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-681

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Application Python Python All All All All
Application Python Python All All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE slackware.com
Python zlib Module Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Buffer overflow in Python zlib extension module - CXSecurity.com SREASON securityreason.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
USN-632-1: Python vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Slackware update for python - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:085 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Gentoo update for python - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0149 - rPath Wiki CONFIRM wiki.rpath.com
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
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1551-1 python2.4 DEBIAN www.debian.org
ASA-2010-050 (SUN 273570) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
[#RPL-2444] python buffer overflow in zlib module CVE-2008-1721 - rPath Issue Tracking System CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
Python zlib Extension Module Signed Integer Overflow May Let Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian update for python - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
rPath update for idle and python - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
VMSA-2009-0016.1 CONFIRM www.vmware.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Issue 2586: Integer signedness bugs in zlib modules - Python tracker CONFIRM bugs.python.org
About the security content of Security Update 2009-001 CONFIRM support.apple.com
Avaya CMS Solaris Python Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
VMware ESX and vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-04-15Joshua BressersRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=442005 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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