Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1551-1 python2.4 -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 19 Apr 2008
- Affected Packages:
- python2.4
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-2052, CVE-2007-4965, CVE-2008-1679, CVE-2008-1721, CVE-2008-1887.
- More information:
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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the Python language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
- CVE-2007-2052
Piotr Engelking discovered that the strxfrm() function of the locale module miscalculates the length of an internal buffer, which may result in a minor information disclosure.
- CVE-2007-4965
It was discovered that several integer overflows in the imageop module may lead to the execution of arbitrary code, if a user is tricked into processing malformed images. This issue is also tracked as CVE-2008-1679 due to an initially incomplete patch.
- CVE-2008-1721
Justin Ferguson discovered that a buffer overflow in the zlib module may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
- CVE-2008-1887
Justin Ferguson discovered that insufficient input validation in PyString_FromStringAndSize() may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.4-3+etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.5-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your python2.4 packages.
- CVE-2007-2052
- Fixed in:
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Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4.orig.tar.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-examples_2.4.4-3+etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/idle-python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/idle-python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch1_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-minimal_2.4.4-3+etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dev_2.4.4-3+etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4-dbg_2.4.4-3+etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python2.4/python2.4_2.4.4-3+etch1_s390.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.