CVE-2008-3142
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
61.1%
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.
Affected configurations
References
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137
bugs.python.org/file10825/issue2620-gps02-patch.txt
bugs.python.org/issue2620
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
secunia.com/advisories/31305
secunia.com/advisories/31332
secunia.com/advisories/31358
secunia.com/advisories/31365
secunia.com/advisories/31473
secunia.com/advisories/31518
secunia.com/advisories/31687
secunia.com/advisories/32793
secunia.com/advisories/33937
secunia.com/advisories/37471
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-16.xml
slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.525289
support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1667
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:164
www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495445/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/30491
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2288
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44170
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11466
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8422
Related
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
61.1%