CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
79.1%
Python is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:python:python";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800052");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:39+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4864");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:39 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-11-11 09:00:11 +0100 (Tue, 11 Nov 2008)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Python Imageop Module imageop.crop() BOF Vulnerability - Windows");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("gb_python_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("python/detected", "Host/runs_windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46606");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31976");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Remote exploitation will allow execution of arbitrary
code via large number of integer values to crop module, which leads to a buffer overflow
(Segmentation fault).");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Python 1.5.2 to 2.5.1.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due the way module imageop.crop() handles
the arguments as input in imageop.c file.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to Python 2.5.2 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Python is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE, version_regex:"^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" ) )
exit( 0 );
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if( version_in_range( version:vers, test_version:"1.5.2", test_version2:"2.5.1" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"2.5.2", install_path:path );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );