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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."

Severity

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

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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	NIST

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Change History

4 change records found show changes

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/02/2023 2:52:37 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 632 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:1.5.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:1.6.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.1.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.2.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.3.7::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.4.5::::::: *c	OR cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::* versions up to (including) 2.5.2
Changed	Reference Type	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230640 No Types Assigned	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230640 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html Mailing List
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/31305 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/31305 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/31332 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/31332 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/31358 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/31358 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/31473 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/31473 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/31518 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/31518 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-16.xml No Types Assigned	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-16.xml Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.525289 No Types Assigned	http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.525289 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 No Types Assigned	http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243 No Types Assigned	http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900 No Types Assigned	http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495445/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495445/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30491 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30491 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2288 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2288 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173 No Types Assigned	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173 VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44174 No Types Assigned	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44174 VDB Entry

Quick Info

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

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