CVE-2008-3142

NameCVE-2008-3142
DescriptionMultiple 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1667-1, DTSA-157-1

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
python2.4sourceetch2.4.4-3+etch2DSA-1667-1
python2.4source(unstable)2.4.5-5
python2.5sourcelenny2.5.2-6+lenny1DTSA-157-1
python2.5source(unstable)2.5.2-10

Notes

[etch] - python2.5 <no-dsa> (Minor issue, not the default Python runtime)

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