CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-1721
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-04-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-681
Description
Integer signedness error in the zlib extension module in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative signed integer, which triggers insufficient memory allocation and a buffer overflow.
Affected configurations
• python python (>= 2.4.0 < 2.4.6)
• python python (>= 2.5.0 <= 2.5.2)
• debian debian linux 4.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-681 Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types weakness
References
- http://bugs.python.org/issue2586 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29889 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29955 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30872 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31255 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31358 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38675 Not Applicable
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3802 Exploit, 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 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:085 Permissions Required
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490690/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28715 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019823 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1229/references Permissions Required
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 Permissions Required
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41748 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2444 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8249 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8494 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9407 Third Party Advisory
- http://bugs.python.org/issue2586 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29889 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29955 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30872 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31255 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31358 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38675 Not Applicable
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3802 Exploit, 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 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:085 Permissions Required
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490690/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28715 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019823 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1229/references Permissions Required
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 Permissions Required
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41748 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2444 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8249 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8494 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9407 Third Party Advisory