7.5
HIGH
CVE-2008-3142
Apache Python Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier on 32bit platforms allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have unspecified other impact via a long string that leads to incorrect memory allocation during Unicode string processing, related to the unicode_resize function and the PyMem_RESIZE macro.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 1, 2008, 2:41 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 5, 2022, 6:41 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2008-3142 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-3142 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Python python
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-3142.

URL Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.python.org/file10825/issue2620-gps02-patch.txt Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.python.org/issue2620 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31305 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/31332 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/31358 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/31473 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/31518 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/32793 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 Not Applicable
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 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1667 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:164 Broken Link
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/archive/1/507985/100/0/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.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2288 Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 Permissions Required
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44170 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11466 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8422 Third Party Advisory

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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
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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. This repo has been linked 309 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-3142 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-3142 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.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 05, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137 No Types Assigned http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://bugs.python.org/file10825/issue2620-gps02-patch.txt No Types Assigned http://bugs.python.org/file10825/issue2620-gps02-patch.txt Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://bugs.python.org/issue2620 Exploit http://bugs.python.org/issue2620 Issue Tracking, 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, 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/31305 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31305 Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31332 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31332 Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31358 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31358 Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31473 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31473 Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31518 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31518 Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32793 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32793 Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 No Types Assigned 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-200807-16.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 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1667 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1667 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 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:164 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:164 Broken Link
    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/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/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.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/2008/2288 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2288 Permissions Required
    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/44170 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44170 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11466 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11466 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8422 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8422 Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-119
    Added CWE NIST CWE-120
    Changed 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:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *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:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *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 OR *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.4.6 *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.5.0 up to (excluding) 2.5.3
    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/1/495445/100/0/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/1/495445/100/0/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:11466 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8422 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8422 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11466 [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/44170 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44173 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44170 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 01, 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-2008-3142 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.23 }} 0.00%

score

0.59119

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability