CVE-2008-5031 Information

Description

Multiple integer overflows in Python 2.2.3 through 2.5.1 and 2.6 allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via a large integer value in the tabsize argument to the expandtabs method as implemented by (1) the string_expandtabs function in Objects/stringobject.c and (2) the unicode_expandtabs function in Objects/unicodeobject.c. NOTE: this vulnerability reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2315.

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/35750 http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-16.xml http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Objects/stringobject.c?rev=61350&view=diff&r1=61350&r2=61349&p1=python/trunk/Objects/stringobject.c&p2=/python/trunk/Objects/stringobject.c http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Objects/unicodeobject.c?rev=61350&view=diff&r1=61350&r2=61349&p1=python/trunk/Objects/unicodeobject.c&p2=/python/trunk/Objects/unicodeobject.c http://svn.python.org/view?rev=61350&view=rev http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46612 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11280 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A8564