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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2008-2316 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in _hashopenssl.c in the hashlib module in Python 2.5.2 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic digests, related to "partial hashlib hashing of data exceeding 4GB."


Metrics

 
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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/04/2008)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of python as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5. Affected module was only introduced upstream in python 2.5.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=159422&action=view Exploit 
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230640 Third Party 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-200807-16.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://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495445/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30491 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2288 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173 VDB Entry 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44174 VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2316
NVD Published Date:
08/01/2008
NVD Last Modified:
08/02/2023
Source:
MITRE