CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3144
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-08-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the PyOS_vsnprintf function in Python/mysnprintf.c in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact via crafted input to string formatting operations. NOTE: the handling of certain integer values is also affected by related integer underflows and an off-by-one error.
Affected configurations
• python python (<= 2.5.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137 Third Party Advisory
- http://bugs.python.org/issue2588 Exploit
- http://bugs.python.org/issue2589 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/31305 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31332 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31358 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31473 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31518 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32793 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 Broken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-16.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://svn.python.org/view?rev=63728&view=rev Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://svn.python.org/view?rev=63734&view=rev Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://svn.python.org/view?rev=63883&view=rev Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1667 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.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495445/100/0/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/30491 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/2008/2288 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44171 VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173 VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10170 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7725 Broken Link
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137 Third Party Advisory
- http://bugs.python.org/issue2588 Exploit
- http://bugs.python.org/issue2589 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/31305 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31332 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31358 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31473 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31518 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32793 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 Broken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-16.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://svn.python.org/view?rev=63728&view=rev Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://svn.python.org/view?rev=63734&view=rev Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://svn.python.org/view?rev=63883&view=rev Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1667 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.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495445/100/0/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/30491 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/2008/2288 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44171 VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173 VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10170 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7725 Broken Link