7.5 - CVE-2008-2315

Executive Summary

This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.

Informations
Name	CVE-2008-2315	First vendor Publication	2008-08-01
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2023-08-02

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score	NA
Base Score	NA	Environmental Score	NA
impact SubScore	NA	Temporal Score	NA
Exploitabality Sub Score	NA

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score	7.5	Attack Range	Network
Cvss Impact Score	6.4	Attack Complexity	Low
Cvss Expoit Score	10	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

Multiple integer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to the (1) stringobject, (2) unicodeobject, (3) bufferobject, (4) longobject, (5) tupleobject, (6) stropmodule, (7) gcmodule, and (8) mmapmodule modules. NOTE: The expandtabs integer overflows in stringobject and unicodeobject in 2.5.2 are covered by CVE-2008-5031.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2315

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-190	Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8445

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8445
Title:	Multiple Buffer and Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities in Python (python(1)) May Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) or Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code
Description:	Multiple integer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to the (1) stringobject, (2) unicodeobject, (3) bufferobject, (4) longobject, (5) tupleobject, (6) stropmodule, (7) gcmodule, and (8) mmapmodule modules. NOTE: The expandtabs integer overflows in stringobject and unicodeobject in 2.5.2 are covered by CVE-2008-5031.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2008-2315	Version:	1
Platform(s):	Sun Solaris 10	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Solaris 10 (SPARC) meets Sun Alert 273570 Solaris 10 (SPARC) is installed AND NOT Patch 143506-01 or later installed AND SUNWPython is installed OR Solaris 10 (x86) meets Sun Alert 273570 Solaris 10 (x86) is installed AND NOT Patch 143507-01 or later installed AND SUNWPython is installed

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8683

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8683
Title:	VMware python multiple integer overflows vulnerability
Description:	Multiple integer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to the (1) stringobject, (2) unicodeobject, (3) bufferobject, (4) longobject, (5) tupleobject, (6) stropmodule, (7) gcmodule, and (8) mmapmodule modules. NOTE: The expandtabs integer overflows in stringobject and unicodeobject in 2.5.2 are covered by CVE-2008-5031.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2008-2315	Version:	4
Platform(s):	VMWare ESX Server 3 VMWare ESX Server 3.5 VMWare ESX Server 4.0	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
IF VMWare ESX Server 3.0.3 is installed AND Patch ESX303-201002206-SG is not installed OR VMware ESX Server 3.5.0 is installed AND Patch ESX350-201002402-SG is not installed OR VMware ESX Server 4.0 is installed AND Patch ESX400-200911235-SG is not installed

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9761

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9761
Title:	Multiple integer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to the (1) stringobject, (2) unicodeobject, (3) bufferobject, (4) longobject, (5) tupleobject, (6) stropmodule, (7) gcmodule, and (8) mmapmodule modules. NOTE: The expandtabs integer overflows in stringobject and unicodeobject in 2.5.2 are covered by CVE-2008-5031.
Description:	Multiple integer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to the (1) stringobject, (2) unicodeobject, (3) bufferobject, (4) longobject, (5) tupleobject, (6) stropmodule, (7) gcmodule, and (8) mmapmodule modules. NOTE: The expandtabs integer overflows in stringobject and unicodeobject in 2.5.2 are covered by CVE-2008-5031.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2008-2315	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
OS Section: RHEL3, CentOS3 RHEL3 or CentOS3 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 AND CentOS Linux 3.x AND Configuration section python-devel is earlier than 0:2.2.3-6.11 AND tkinter is earlier than 0:2.2.3-6.11 AND python-tools is earlier than 0:2.2.3-6.11 AND python is earlier than 0:2.2.3-6.11 AND python-docs is earlier than 0:2.2.3-6.11 OR OS Section: RHEL4, CentOS4, Oracle Linux 4 RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AND CentOS Linux 4.x AND Oracle Linux 4.x AND Configuration section python-devel is earlier than 0:2.3.4-14.7.el4_8.2 AND tkinter is earlier than 0:2.3.4-14.7.el4_8.2 AND python-tools is earlier than 0:2.3.4-14.7.el4_8.2 AND python is earlier than 0:2.3.4-14.7.el4_8.2 AND python-docs is earlier than 0:2.3.4-14.7.el4_8.2 OR OS Section: RHEL5, CentOS5, Oracle Linux 5 RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND CentOS Linux 5.x AND Oracle Linux 5.x AND Configuration section python-devel is earlier than 0:2.4.3-24.el5_3.6 AND tkinter is earlier than 0:2.4.3-24.el5_3.6 AND python-tools is earlier than 0:2.4.3-24.el5_3.6 AND python is earlier than 0:2.4.3-24.el5_3.6

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Python cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.4.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.3.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.3.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.3.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.3.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.3.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:1.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:1.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:1.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:0.9.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:0.9.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:-:::::::*	38

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2011-08-09	Name : CentOS Update for python CESA-2009:1176 centos5 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1176_python_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-08-09	Name : CentOS Update for python CESA-2009:1178 centos3 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1178_python_centos3_i386.nasl
2010-05-12	Name : Mac OS X Security Update 2009-001 File : nvt/macosx_secupd_2009-001.nasl
2009-11-17	Name : Mac OS X Version File : nvt/macosx_version.nasl
2009-10-13	Name : SLES10: Security update for Python File : nvt/sles10_python.nasl
2009-10-10	Name : SLES9: Security update for Python File : nvt/sles9p5032900.nasl
2009-08-17	Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1176 (python) File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1176.nasl
2009-07-29	Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1177 File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1177.nasl
2009-07-29	Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1178 (python) File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1178.nasl
2009-07-29	Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1178 File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1178.nasl
2009-07-29	Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1176 File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1176.nasl
2009-04-09	Name : Mandriva Update for python MDVSA-2008:163 (python) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_163.nasl
2009-03-23	Name : Ubuntu Update for python2.4, python2.5 vulnerabilities USN-632-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_632_1.nasl
2009-02-13	Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:036 (python) File : nvt/mdksa_2009_036.nasl
2009-01-13	Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:003 (python) File : nvt/mdksa_2009_003.nasl
2008-11-24	Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1667-1 (python2.4) File : nvt/deb_1667_1.nasl
2008-09-24	Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200807-16 (python) File : nvt/glsa_200807_16.nasl
2008-09-17	Name : FreeBSD Ports: python24 File : nvt/freebsd_python24.nasl
2008-08-22	Name : Python Multiple Vulnerabilities (Linux) File : nvt/secpod_python_mult_vuln_lin_900106.nasl
2008-08-22	Name : Python Multiple Vulnerabilities (Win) File : nvt/secpod_python_mult_vuln_win_900105.nasl
0000-00-00	Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2008-217-01 python File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2008_217_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id	Description
47478	Python Multiple Modules Multiple Unspecified Overflows

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2016-03-03	Name : The remote host is missing a security-related patch. File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0016_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1178.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1177.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1176.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20090728_python_for_SL_4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20090728_python_for_SL_3_0_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20090727_python_for_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2009-1176.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-23	Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat... File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0016.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24	Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse9_12215.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-28	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1176.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-28	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1177.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-28	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1178.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-28	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2009-1178.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-24	Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-806-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_python-080801.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-163.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-13	Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues. File : macosx_SecUpd2009-001.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-21	Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1667.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-11	Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_0dccaa287f3c11dd8de50030843d3802.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-17	Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_python-5490.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-17	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_python-5491.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-05	Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2008-217-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-04	Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-632-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-01	Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200807-16.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source	Url
APPLE	http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
BID	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30491
BUGTRAQ	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM	http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=159418&action=view http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230640 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074697 http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&exte... http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
DEBIAN	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1667
GENTOO	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-16.xml
MANDRIVA	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:164
MLIST	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/3
OVAL	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova... https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova... https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECUNIA	http://secunia.com/advisories/31305 http://secunia.com/advisories/31332 http://secunia.com/advisories/31358 http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 http://secunia.com/advisories/31518 http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 http://secunia.com/advisories/32793 http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 http://secunia.com/advisories/38675
SLACKWARE	http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&...
SUSE	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
UBUNTU	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1
VUPEN	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2288 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
XF	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44172 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173

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Date	Informations
2023-08-02 21:27:55	Multiple Updates
2021-05-05 01:04:44	Multiple Updates
2021-05-04 12:07:31	Multiple Updates
2021-04-22 01:07:55	Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 01:39:29	Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 00:21:42	Multiple Updates
2018-10-12 00:20:21	Multiple Updates
2017-09-29 09:23:33	Multiple Updates
2017-08-08 09:24:06	Multiple Updates
2016-04-26 17:24:55	Multiple Updates
2016-03-04 13:26:24	Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 10:45:03	Multiple Updates
2013-05-11 00:17:23	Multiple Updates

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	1
Oval ID(s)	3
CPE ID(s)	38
Sources(s)	35
osvdb(s)	1
Openvas Exploit(s)	21
Nessus® Exploit(s)	26

	Related
10	VMSA-2009-0016
10	RHSA-2009:1178
10	RHSA-2009:1177
10	RHSA-2009:1176
10	MDVSA-2009:036
10	MDVSA-2009:003
9.3	USN-632-1
7.5	SUN-273570
7.5	MDVSA-2008:164
7.5	MDVSA-2008:163
7.5	GLSA-200807-16
7.5	DSA-1667
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