CVE-2008-3142

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.

• CWE-120

• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• http://bugs.python.org/file10825/issue2620-gps02-patch.txtExploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• http://bugs.python.org/issue2620Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31305Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31332Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31358Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31365Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31473Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31518Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31687Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32793Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33937Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37471Not Applicable
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-16.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.525289Third Party Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438Third Party Advisory
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243Broken Link
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1667Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:164Broken Link
• http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495445/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30491Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2288Permissions Required
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316Permissions Required
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44170Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11466Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8422Third Party Advisory
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• http://bugs.python.org/file10825/issue2620-gps02-patch.txtExploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• http://bugs.python.org/issue2620Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31305Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31332Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31358Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31365Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31473Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31518Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31687Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32793Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33937Not Applicable
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37471Not Applicable
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-16.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.525289Third Party Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438Third Party Advisory
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243Broken Link
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1667Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:164Broken Link
• http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495445/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30491Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2288Permissions Required
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316Permissions Required
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44170Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11466Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8422Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 1, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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