CVE-2008-3142

Summary

CVECVE-2008-3142
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-01 14:41:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-05 18:41:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple buffer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier on 32bit platforms allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have unspecified other impact via a long string that leads to incorrect memory allocation during Unicode string processing, related to the unicode_resize function and the PyMem_RESIZE macro.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

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 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE slackware.com
rPath update for idle and python - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243 CONFIRM wiki.rpath.com
Gentoo Bug 232137 - dev-lang/python Multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-{3142,3143,3144}) CONFIRM bugs.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
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Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Python: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
USN-632-1: Python vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
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bugs.python.org/file10825/issue2620-gps02-patch.txt CONFIRM bugs.python.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:017 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1667-1 python2.4 DEBIAN www.debian.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
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Support | Micro Focus CONFIRM www.novell.com
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Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Issue 2620: Multiple buffer overflows in unicode processing - Python tracker CONFIRM bugs.python.org Exploit
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VMSA-2009-0016.1 CONFIRM www.vmware.com
Debian update for python2.4 - Secunia.com 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
Python Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Python Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
VMware ESX and vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
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