Vulnerability CVE-2008-1721

Vulnerability CVE-2008-1721

Published: 2008-04-10 Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

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	Topic	Author	Date
High	Buffer overflow in Python zlib extension module	Justin Ferguson	10.04.2008

Type:

CWE-189

(Numeric Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score	Impact Subscore	Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10	6.4/10	10/10

Exploit range	Attack complexity	Authentication
Remote	Low	No required
Confidentiality impact	Integrity impact	Availability impact
Partial	Partial	Partial

Affected software
Python software foundation -> Python

References:

http://bugs.python.org/issue2586

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3802

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

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

http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074697

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0149

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:085

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490690/100/0/threaded

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28715

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019823

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

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

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1229/references

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41748

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2444

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8249

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8494

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9407

Vulnerability CVE-2008-1721

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:

High

Buffer overflow in Python zlib extension module

CWE-189

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

7.5/10

6.4/10

10/10

Remote

Low

No required

Partial

Partial

Partial

Affected software

References: