Bug 246991 – <dev-lang/python-2.5.4 multiple integer overflows (stringobject.c/unicodeobject.c) (CVE-2008-5031)

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Security

[Description Stefan Behte (RETIRED) 2008-11-15 22:34:39 UTC]

CVE-2008-5031 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-5031):
  Multiple integer overflows in Python 2.5.2 allow context-dependent
  attackers to have an unknown impact via a large integer value in the
  tabsize argument to the expandtabs method, as implemented by (1) the
  string_expandtabs function in Objects/stringobject.c and (2) the
  unicode_expandtabs function in Objects/unicodeobject.c.  NOTE: this
  vulnerability reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for
  CVE-2008-2315.

[Comment 1 Stefan Behte (RETIRED) 2008-11-30 16:25:41 UTC]

Python: *ping*

[Comment 2 Stefan Behte (RETIRED) 2009-01-05 22:31:15 UTC]

Here are the fixes

http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Objects/stringobject.c?rev=61350&view=diff&r1=61350&r2=61349&p1=python/trunk/Objects/stringobject.c&p2=/python/trunk/Objects/stringobject.c

http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Objects/stringobject.c?rev=61350&view=diff&r1=61350&r2=61349&p1=python/trunk/Objects/stringobject.c&p2=/python/trunk/Objects/stringobject.c

http://svn.python.org/view?rev=61350&view=rev

[Comment 3 Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) 2009-01-13 18:20:19 UTC]

pytho herd, please apply the release-2.5-maint fixes.

[Comment 4 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) 2009-05-18 15:11:25 UTC]

It is fixed in 2.5.4. 2.5.4-r2 is stable on all architectures.

[Comment 5 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) 2009-05-28 15:43:30 UTC]

2.4.6 is now also stable on all architectures.

[Comment 6 Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) 2009-07-10 13:25:37 UTC]

glsa request filed

[Comment 7 Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) 2009-07-19 18:14:25 UTC]

GLSA 200907-16