Multiple integer overflows (Google)

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Multiple integer overflows in Python before 2.5.2 might allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to:

  • Include/pymem.h
  • Modules/:
    • _csv.c
    • _struct.c
    • arraymodule.c
    • audioop.c
    • binascii.c
    • cPickle.c
    • cStringIO.c
    • datetimemodule.c
    • md5.c
    • rgbimgmodule.c
    • stropmodule.c
  • Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c
  • Objects/:
    • bufferobject.c
    • listobject.c
    • obmalloc.c
  • Parser/node.c
  • Python/:
    • asdl.c
    • ast.c
    • bltinmodule.c
    • compile

as addressed by “checks for integer overflows, contributed by Google.”

Dates:

  • Disclosure date: 2008-04-11 (Python issue bpo-2620 reported)

Fixed In

Python issue

Multiple buffer overflows in unicode processing.

  • Python issue: bpo-2620
  • Creation date: 2008-04-11
  • Reporter: Justin Ferguson

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.”

Timeline

Timeline using the disclosure date 2008-04-11 as reference: