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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b81eb7532cb1 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200807-01"> + <title>Python: Multiple integer overflows</title> + <synopsis> + Multiple integer overflows may allow for Denial of Service. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">python</product> + <announced>2008-07-01</announced> + <revised count="01">2008-07-01</revised> + <bug>216673</bug> + <bug>217221</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-lang/python" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="rge">2.3.6-r6</unaffected> + <unaffected range="ge">2.4.4-r13</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.4.4-r13</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming + language. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Python: + </p> + <ul> + <li>David + Remahl reported multiple integer overflows in the file imageop.c, + leading to a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2008-1679). This issue is + due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-4965.</li> + <li>Justin Ferguson + discovered that an integer signedness error in the zlib extension + module might trigger insufficient memory allocation and a buffer + overflow via a negative signed integer (CVE-2008-1721).</li> + <li>Justin + Ferguson discovered that insufficient input validation in the + PyString_FromStringAndSize() function might lead to a buffer overflow + (CVE-2008-1887).</li> + </ul> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a Denial + of Service or possibly the remote execution of arbitrary code with the + privileges of the user running Python. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + The imageop module is no longer built in the unaffected versions. + </p> + <p> + All Python 2.3 users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r6"</code> + <p> + All Python 2.4 users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-2.4.4-r13"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1679">CVE-2008-1679</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1721">CVE-2008-1721</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1887">CVE-2008-1887</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-06-27T08:54:25Z"> + keytoaster + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-07-01T11:46:03Z"> + keytoaster + </metadata> +</glsa> |