PT-2008-3264 · Jean Loup Gailly Mark Adler+3 · Zlib+3

Published 2008-04-10 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2008-1721

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Python versions 2.5.2 and earlier

Description The issue is related to an integer signedness error in the zlib extension module, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative signed integer. This triggers insufficient memory allocation and a buffer overflow.

Recommendations For Python versions 2.5.2 and earlier, update to a version that includes a fix for the integer signedness error in the zlib extension module. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-681

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1721

DSA-1551-1

DSA-1620-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11202-1

PSF-2008-2

RHSA-2009:1176

RHSA-2009:1177

RHSA-2009_1176

RHSA-2009_1177

SUSE-SU-2020:0234-1

Affected Products

Python

Red Hat

Suse

Zlib

References · 196

• 🔥 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3802 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/31634 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PSF-2008-2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.python.org/issue2586 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:085 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11202-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.525289 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1721 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2020:0234-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4650 · Note