SB2022070552 - Buffer overflow in Python 

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SB2022070552 - Buffer overflow in Python

Published: July 5, 2022 Updated: June 3, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2022070552
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3142)

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

Multiple buffer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier on 32bit platforms allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have unspecified other impact via a long string that leads to incorrect memory allocation during Unicode string processing, related to the unicode_resize function and the PyMem_RESIZE macro.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References