PSF-2008-10

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    PSF-2008-10

    Published: 10 Nov 2008Last Modified: 9 Oct 2025
    Aliases:
    CVE-2008-5031

    Summary: expandtab() integer overflow

    Details: 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.

    References: http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-008.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -44a93e54f4b0f90634d16d53c437fabb6946ea9d

    Affected versions

    v0.9.8
    v0.9.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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