CVE-2008-2315

Summary

CVECVE-2008-2315
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-01 14:41:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-02 17:14:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to the (1) stringobject, (2) unicodeobject, (3) bufferobject, (4) longobject, (5) tupleobject, (6) stropmodule, (7) gcmodule, and (8) mmapmodule modules. NOTE: The expandtabs integer overflows in stringobject and unicodeobject in 2.5.2 are covered by CVE-2008-5031.

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 1.5.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 1.6 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 1.6.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.0 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.0.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.1.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.1.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.1.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.5 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.6 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.7 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.5 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.5 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.5.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 1.5.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 1.6 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 1.6.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.0 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.0.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.1.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.1.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.1.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.5 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.6 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.7 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.5 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.5 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.5.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python All All All All

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