Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the Python language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :
CVE-2008-2315 David Remahl discovered several integer overflows in the stringobject, unicodeobject, bufferobject, longobject, tupleobject, stropmodule, gcmodule, and mmapmodule modules.
CVE-2008-3142 Justin Ferguson discovered that incorrect memory allocation in the unicode_resize() function can lead to buffer overflows.
CVE-2008-3143 Several integer overflows were discovered in various Python core modules.
CVE-2008-3144 Several integer overflows were discovered in the PyOS_vsnprintf() function.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1667. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(34823);
script_version("1.13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2315", "CVE-2008-3142", "CVE-2008-3143", "CVE-2008-3144");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1667");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1667-1 : python2.4 - several vulnerabilities");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for
the Python language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
identifies the following problems :
- CVE-2008-2315
David Remahl discovered several integer overflows in the
stringobject, unicodeobject, bufferobject, longobject,
tupleobject, stropmodule, gcmodule, and mmapmodule
modules.
- CVE-2008-3142
Justin Ferguson discovered that incorrect memory
allocation in the unicode_resize() function can lead to
buffer overflows.
- CVE-2008-3143
Several integer overflows were discovered in various
Python core modules.
- CVE-2008-3144
Several integer overflows were discovered in the
PyOS_vsnprintf() function."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2315"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3142"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3143"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3144"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1667"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the python2.4 packages.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.4.4-3+etch2."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_cwe_id(119, 189);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python2.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/11/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/11/21");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"idle-python2.4", reference:"2.4.4-3+etch2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"python2.4", reference:"2.4.4-3+etch2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"python2.4-dbg", reference:"2.4.4-3+etch2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"python2.4-dev", reference:"2.4.4-3+etch2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"python2.4-examples", reference:"2.4.4-3+etch2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"python2.4-minimal", reference:"2.4.4-3+etch2")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | python2.4 | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python2.4 |
debian | debian_linux | 4.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2315
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3142
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3143
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3144
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2315
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3142
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3143
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3144
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1667