CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-1887
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-04-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120
Description
Python 2.5.2 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple vectors that cause a negative size value to be provided to the PyString_FromStringAndSize function, which allocates less memory than expected when assert() is disabled and triggers a buffer overflow.
Affected configurations
• python python (<= 2.5.2)
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
• debian debian linux 4.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness
References
- http://bugs.python.org/issue2587 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29889 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30872 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31255 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31518 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 Not Applicable
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 Third Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0122 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490776 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506056/100/0/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/28749 Patch, 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/2009/3316 Permissions Required
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41944 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10407 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8624 Third Party Advisory
- http://bugs.python.org/issue2587 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29889 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30872 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31255 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31518 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 Not Applicable
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 Third Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0122 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490776 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506056/100/0/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/28749 Patch, 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/2009/3316 Permissions Required
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41944 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10407 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8624 Third Party Advisory