Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8422 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495445/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2288 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32793 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30491 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11466 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 ↗
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html ↗
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-16.xml ↗
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44170 ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31358 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31332 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1 ↗
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:164 ↗
- http://bugs.python.org/file10825/issue2620-gps02-patch.txt ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31518 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31305 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 ↗
- http://bugs.python.org/issue2620 ↗
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31473 ↗
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1667 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163 ↗
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.525289 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 ↗