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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-5031: Python: Integer overflows

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-5031: Python: Integer overflows

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/10/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Multiple integer overflows in Python 2.2.3 through 2.5.1, and 2.6, 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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-lang-python

References

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