Python 2.5.2 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple vectors that cause a negative size value to be provided to the PyString_FromStringAndSize function, which allocates less memory than expected when assert() is disabled and triggers a buffer overflow.
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http://bugs.python.org/issue2587 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
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http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31518 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0122 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490776 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506056/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28749 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41944 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1887 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10407 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8624 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1887 cve-icon
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-04-18T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:40:59.882Z

Reserved: 2008-04-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-1887

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-04-18T17:05:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:45:35.183

Link: CVE-2008-1887

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-04-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-1887 - Bugzilla