CVE-2008-3142

Publication date 1 August 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
python2.4	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 2.4.5-1ubuntu4.1
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 2.4.4-6ubuntu4.2
	7.04 feisty	Fixed 2.4.4-2ubuntu7.2
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 2.4.3-0ubuntu6.2
python2.5	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 2.5.2-2ubuntu4.1
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 2.5.1-5ubuntu5.2
	7.04 feisty	Fixed 2.5.1-0ubuntu1.2
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
python2.4	Upstream: http://svn.python.org/view?rev=65262&view=rev
python2.5	Upstream: http://svn.python.org/view?rev=65261&view=rev

CVE-2008-3142

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