7.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access 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
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.6%
Python is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
This VT has been replaced by various LSCs.
# 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
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900106");
script_version("2023-06-27T05:05:30+0000");
script_tag(name:"deprecated", value:TRUE);
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-06-27 05:05:30 +0000 (Tue, 27 Jun 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-08-22 10:29:01 +0200 (Fri, 22 Aug 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2315", "CVE-2008-2316", "CVE-2008-3142",
"CVE-2008-3143", "CVE-2008-3144");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
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_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_name("Python < 2.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Linux");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.python.org/issue2588");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30491");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.python.org/issue2589");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.python.org/issue2620");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Python is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
This VT has been replaced by various LSCs.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaws exist due to integer overflow in,
- hashlib module, which can lead to an unreliable cryptographic digest results.
- the processing of unicode strings.
- the PyOS_vsnprintf() function on architectures that do not have a vsnprintf() function.
- the PyOS_vsnprintf() function when passing zero-length strings can lead to memory corruption.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Python 2.5.2 and prior.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Fix is available in the SVN repository.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could potentially causes attackers to
execute arbitrary code or create a denial of service condition.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
exit(66); ## Addressed by various LSCs