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CVE-2008-3142
Published: Aug 1, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8422
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
20080813 rPSA-2008-0243-1 idle python
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
SUSE-SR:2008:017
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
ADV-2008-2288
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
32793
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
python-multiple-bo(44173)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
30491
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11466
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
33937
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
37471
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
31687
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
GLSA-200807-16
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
x_refsource_CONFIRM
python-unicode-bo(44170)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
APPLE-SA-2009-02-12
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_APPLE
31358
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
31332
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
USN-632-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137
x_refsource_CONFIRM
MDVSA-2008:164
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://bugs.python.org/file10825/issue2620-gps02-patch.txt
x_refsource_CONFIRM
31518
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
31305
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
31365
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://bugs.python.org/issue2620
x_refsource_CONFIRM
31473
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243
x_refsource_CONFIRM
DSA-1667
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
MDVSA-2008:163
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
SSA:2008-217-01
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SLACKWARE
ADV-2009-3316
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
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