CVE-2008-3142
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Buffer overflow
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137Advisory
- http://bugs.python.org/issue2620Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31305
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31332
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31358
- http://bugs.python.org/file10825/issue2620-gps02-patch.txtAdvisory