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CVE-2008-1679 Detail

Description

Multiple integer overflows in imageop.c in Python before 2.5.3 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted images that trigger heap-based buffer overflows. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-4965.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (04/22/2008)

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-1679 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugs.python.org/issue1179 Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
http://bugs.python.org/msg64682 Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.525289 Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 Third Party Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074697 Third Party Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0149 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:164 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1 Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41958 VDB Entry 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2424 Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10583 Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7800 Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1679
NVD Published Date:
04/22/2008
NVD Last Modified:
08/02/2023
Source:
MITRE