metadata/glsa/glsa-200807-16.xml

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<glsa id="200807-16">
  <title>Python: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>
    Multiple vulnerabilities in Python may allow for the execution of arbitrary
    code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">python</product>
  <announced>July 31, 2008</announced>
  <revised>July 19, 2009: 02</revised>
  <bug>230640</bug>
  <bug>232137</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-lang/python" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="rge">2.4.4-r14</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="ge">2.5.2-r6</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">2.4.6</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.5.2-r6</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
    language.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Python:
    </p>
    <ul>
    <li>
    David Remahl of Apple Product Security reported several integer
    overflows in core modules such as stringobject, unicodeobject,
    bufferobject, longobject, tupleobject, stropmodule, gcmodule,
    mmapmodule (CVE-2008-2315).
    </li>
    <li>
    David Remahl of Apple Product Security also reported an integer
    overflow in the hashlib module, leading to unreliable cryptographic
    digest results (CVE-2008-2316).
    </li>
    <li>
    Justin Ferguson reported multiple buffer overflows in unicode string
    processing that only affect 32bit systems (CVE-2008-3142).
    </li>
    <li>
    The Google Security Team reported multiple integer overflows
    (CVE-2008-3143).
    </li>
    <li>
    Justin Ferguson reported multiple integer underflows and overflows in
    the PyOS_vsnprintf() function, and an off-by-one error when passing
    zero-length strings, leading to memory corruption (CVE-2008-3144).
    </li>
    </ul>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities in Python
    applications or daemons that pass user-controlled input to vulnerable
    functions. Exploitation might lead to the execution of arbitrary code
    or a Denial of Service. Vulnerabilities within the hashlib might lead
    to weakened cryptographic protection of data integrity or authenticity.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Python 2.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=dev-lang/python-2.4.4-r14&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All Python 2.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r6&quot;</code>
    <p>
    Please note that Python 2.3 is masked since June 24, and we will not be
    releasing updates to it. It will be removed from the tree in the near
    future.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2315">CVE-2008-2315</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2316">CVE-2008-2316</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3142">CVE-2008-3142</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3143">CVE-2008-3143</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3144">CVE-2008-3144</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:42:37 +0000">
    rbu
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:45:02 +0000">
    rbu
  </metadata>
</glsa>