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:

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.

Fixed in:

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.