CVE-2008-4864 Information

Description

Multiple integer overflows in imageop.c in the imageop module in Python 1.5.2 through 2.5.1 allow context-dependent attackers to break out of the Python VM and execute arbitrary code via large integer values in certain arguments to the crop function leading to a buffer overflow a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-4965 and CVE-2008-1679.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-008.html http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Modules/imageop.c?rev=66689&view=diff&r1=66689&r2=66688&p1=python/trunk/Modules/imageop.c&p2=/python/trunk/Modules/imageop.c http://svn.python.org/view?rev=66689&view=rev http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/27/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31932 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31976 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46606 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10702 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A8354