SB2015072308 - Ubuntu update for python2.4, python2.5

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SB2015072308 - Ubuntu update for python2.4, python2.5

Published: July 23, 2015 Updated: October 30, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2015072308
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2008-4864)

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2008-5031)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References