Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting python-devel package, versions <2.7.17-7.32.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.71% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-PYTHONDEVEL-2719839
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 Jan 2020

Introduced: 24 Jan 2020

CVE-2008-3143  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 python-devel to version 2.7.17-7.32.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-devel package and not the python-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple integer overflows in Python before 2.5.2 might allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to (1) Include/pymem.h; (2) _csv.c, (3) _struct.c, (4) arraymodule.c, (5) audioop.c, (6) binascii.c, (7) cPickle.c, (8) cStringIO.c, (9) cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c, (10) datetimemodule.c, (11) md5.c, (12) rgbimgmodule.c, and (13) stropmodule.c in Modules/; (14) bufferobject.c, (15) listobject.c, and (16) obmalloc.c in Objects/; (17) Parser/node.c; and (18) asdl.c, (19) ast.c, (20) bltinmodule.c, and (21) compile.c in Python/, as addressed by "checks for integer overflows, contributed by Google."

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