CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-1679
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-04-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190
Description
Multiple integer overflows in imageop.c in Python before 2.5.3 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted images that trigger heap-based buffer overflows. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-4965.
Affected configurations
• python python (< 2.5.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
References
- http://bugs.python.org/issue1179 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://bugs.python.org/msg64682 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html Mailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29889 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29955 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30872 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31255 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31358 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31518 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38675 Broken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.525289 Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 Third Party Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074697 Third Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0149 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:164 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41958 VDB Entry
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2424 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10583 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7800 Broken Link
- http://bugs.python.org/issue1179 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://bugs.python.org/msg64682 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html Mailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29889 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29955 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30872 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31255 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31358 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31518 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38675 Broken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.525289 Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 Third Party Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074697 Third Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0149 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:164 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41958 VDB Entry
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2424 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10583 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7800 Broken Link