CVE-2008-3143

Multiple integer overflows in Python before 2.5.2 might allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to (1) Include/pymem.h; (2) _csv.c, (3) _struct.c, (4) arraymodule.c, (5) audioop.c, (6) binascii.c, (7) cPickle.c, (8) cStringIO.c, (9) cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c, (10) datetimemodule.c, (11) md5.c, (12) rgbimgmodule.c, and (13) stropmodule.c in Modules/; (14) bufferobject.c, (15) listobject.c, and (16) obmalloc.c in Objects/; (17) Parser/node.c; and (18) asdl.c, (19) ast.c, (20) bltinmodule.c, and (21) compile.c in Python/, as addressed by "checks for integer overflows, contributed by Google."

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
python2.4	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	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	Not affected
	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
python2.5	Upstream: http://svn.python.org/view?rev=60793&view=rev

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