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CVE-2008-3142

Date: August 1, 2008

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.

Severity Score

7.3

Related Resources (39)

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3142

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32793

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-3142

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495445/100/0/threaded

Url: http://bugs.python.org/issue2620

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31305

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31687

Url: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31365

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1667

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8422

Url: http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3142

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37471

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2288

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31473

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11466

Url: http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.525289

Url: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Url: http://bugs.python.org/file10825/issue2620-gps02-patch.txt

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31358

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31332

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30491

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:164

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-16.xml

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31518

Url: https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33937

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44170

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-3142

Severity Score

7.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CWE-120

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2008-3142

Date: August 1, 2008

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