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CVE-2008-1721 Detail

Description

Integer signedness error in the zlib extension module in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative signed integer, which triggers insufficient memory allocation and a buffer overflow.

Severity

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (04/15/2008)

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=442005 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://bugs.python.org/issue2586	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3802	Exploit 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://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074697	Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0149	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:085	Permissions Required
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490690/100/0/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/28715	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019823	Broken Link 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/2008/1229/references	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316	Permissions Required
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41748	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2444	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8249	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8494	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9407	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-681	Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types	NIST

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Change History

5 change records found show changes

Modified Analysis by NIST 7/05/2022 2:43:52 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
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:::::::
Changed	CPE Configuration	OR cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python::::::::* versions up to (including) 2.5.2	OR cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::* versions from (including) 2.4.0 up to (excluding) 2.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::* versions from (including) 2.5.0 up to (including) 2.5.2
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-681
Removed	CWE	NIST CWE-189
Changed	Reference Type	http://bugs.python.org/issue2586 No Types Assigned	http://bugs.python.org/issue2586 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://secunia.com/advisories/29889 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/29889 Not Applicable
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/29955 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/29955 Not Applicable
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/30872 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/30872 Not Applicable
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/31255 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/31255 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/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://secunia.com/advisories/38675 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/38675 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://securityreason.com/securityalert/3802 No Types Assigned	http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3802 Exploit, 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://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074697 No Types Assigned	http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074697 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0149 No Types Assigned	http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0149 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:085 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:085 Permissions Required
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490690/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490690/100/0/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/28715 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28715 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019823 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019823 Broken Link, 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/2008/1229/references No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1229/references 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/41748 No Types Assigned	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41748 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2444 No Types Assigned	https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2444 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8249 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8249 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8494 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8494 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9407 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9407 Third Party Advisory

CVE Modified by MITRE 9/28/2017 9:30:50 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8249 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8494 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9407 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8249 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8494 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9407 [No Types Assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1721
NVD Published Date:
04/10/2008
NVD Last Modified:
07/05/2022
Source:
MITRE

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