National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4864
Original release date:11/01/2008
Last revised:08/19/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Multiple integer overflows in imageop.c in the imageop module in Python 1.5.2 through 2.5.1 allow context-dependent attackers to break out of the Python VM and execute arbitrary code via large integer values in certain arguments to the crop function, leading to a buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-4965 and CVE-2008-1679.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: BID
Name: 31976
External Source: BID
Name: 31932
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20081029 CVE Request - Python imageop
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20081027 CVE request -- Python imageop#3
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://svn.python.org/view?rev=66689&view=rev
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Modules/imageop.c?rev=66689&view=diff&r1=66689&r2=66688&p1=python/trunk/Modules/imageop.c&p2=/python/trunk/Modules/imageop.c
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33937
External Source: MISC
Name: http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-008.html
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-02-12