CVE-2008-3142
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-3142 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-08-01 14:41:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Multiple 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
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Permissions Required |
| The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | slackware.com | Third Party Advisory |
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Not Applicable |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:017 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Python Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Permissions Required |
| Python Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Not Applicable |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:163 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | Broken Link |
| rPath update for idle and python - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Not Applicable |
| VMware ESX and vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Not Applicable |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Slackware update for python - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Not Applicable |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:164 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | Broken Link |
| Ubuntu update for python - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Not Applicable |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| About the security content of Security Update 2009-001 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | Third Party Advisory |
| wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | Broken Link |
| Support | Micro Focus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.novell.com | Third Party Advisory |
| APPLE-SA-2009-02-12 Security Update 2009-001 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Python: Multiple vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | Third Party Advisory |
| VMSA-2009-0016.1 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vmware.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Not Applicable |
| Gentoo Bug 232137 - dev-lang/python Multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-{3142,3143,3144}) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.gentoo.org | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| SUSE update for python - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Not Applicable |
| Debian update for python2.4 - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Not Applicable |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | Third Party Advisory |
| bugs.python.org/file10825/issue2620-gps02-patch.txt | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.python.org | Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| Gentoo update for python - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Not Applicable |
| USN-632-1: Python vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Issue 2620: Multiple buffer overflows in unicode processing - Python tracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.python.org | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1667-1 python2.4 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.