CVE-2008-5031
HIGH severity · CVSS 10 · CWE-189
10CVSS HIGH
Summary
Multiple integer overflows in Python 2.2.3 through 2.5.1, and 2.6, allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via a large integer value in the tabsize argument to the expandtabs method, as implemented by (1) the string_expandtabs function in Objects/stringobject.c and (2) the unicode_expandtabs function in Objects/unicodeobject.c. NOTE: this vulnerability reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2315.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35750Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-008.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-16.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
- http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Objects/stringobject.c?rev=61350&view=diff&r1=61350&r2=61349&p1=python/trunk/Objects/stringobject.c&p2=/python/trunk/Objects/stringobject.c