CVE-2008-3143

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3143
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-01 14:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer overflows in Python before 2.5.2 might allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to (1) Include/pymem.h; (2) _csv.c, (3) _struct.c, (4) arraymodule.c, (5) audioop.c, (6) binascii.c, (7) cPickle.c, (8) cStringIO.c, (9) cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c, (10) datetimemodule.c, (11) md5.c, (12) rgbimgmodule.c, and (13) stropmodule.c in Modules/; (14) bufferobject.c, (15) listobject.c, and (16) obmalloc.c in Objects/; (17) Parser/node.c; and (18) asdl.c, (19) ast.c, (20) bltinmodule.c, and (21) compile.c in Python/, as addressed by "checks for integer overflows, contributed by Google."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-190 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

AV:N/AC:L/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

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Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
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 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:163 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Welcome to Python.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.python.org Vendor Advisory
rPath update for idle and python - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
VMware ESX and vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.python.org Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:164 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for python - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Welcome to Python.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.python.org Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Third Party Advisory
Support | Micro Focus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com 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 Broken Link
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Python: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Broken Link
VMSA-2009-0016.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Bug 232137 - dev-lang/python Multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-{3142,3143,3144}) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
SUSE update for python - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Debian update for python2.4 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Gentoo update for python - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
USN-632-1: Python vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1667-1 python2.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
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