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CRITICAL
CVE-2008-1887
Apache Python Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
Python 2.5.2 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple vectors that cause a negative size value to be provided to the PyString_FromStringAndSize function, which allocates less memory than expected when assert() is disabled and triggers a buffer overflow.
INFO
Published Date :
April 18, 2008, 5:05 p.m.
Last Modified :
June 27, 2022, 4:33 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2008-1887 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2008-1887
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
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CVE-2008-1887.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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C Perl 6 Perl ASP HTML Rich Text Format Visual Basic TeX Assembly Shell
Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
1 stars
1 fork
1 watcher
Born at : June 13, 2019, 1:51 p.m.
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Shell C Perl PHP TeX Python Assembly Makefile HTML XSLT
Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago
327 stars
70 fork
70 watcher
Born at : July 30, 2015, 10:36 a.m.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2008-1887 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2008-1887 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 27, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://bugs.python.org/issue2587 Exploit http://bugs.python.org/issue2587 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor 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, Third Party Advisory 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 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/29889 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/29889 Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30872 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/30872 Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31255 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/31255 Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31518 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/31518 Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml 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/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0122 No Types Assigned http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0122 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551 Patch http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620 Patch http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620 Patch, 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/1/490776 Exploit http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490776 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506056/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506056/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28749 Patch http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28749 Patch, 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.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html No Types Assigned http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 Permissions Required Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41944 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41944 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10407 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10407 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8624 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8624 Third Party Advisory Removed CWE NIST CWE-119 Added CWE NIST CWE-120 Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.5.2 *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.5_alpha_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.5_alpha_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.5_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.5_beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.5_beta_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.5_final:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.5_release_candidate_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:2.5_release_candidate_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.5.2 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/506056/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506056/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8624 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10407 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8624 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10407 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41944 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41944 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 21, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity
being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS
score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-1887 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-1887
weaknesses.
CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call
CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities
CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion
CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File
CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags
CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog()
CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow
CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.47 }} 0.14%
score
0.72783
percentile
CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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