CVE-2008-2316

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-08-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in _hashopenssl.c in the hashlib module in Python 2.5.2 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic digests, related to "partial hashlib hashing of data exceeding 4GB."

Affected products

Python: through 2.5.2

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=159422&action=view
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230640
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31305
http://secunia.com/advisories/31332
http://secunia.com/advisories/31358
http://secunia.com/advisories/31365
http://secunia.com/advisories/31473
http://secunia.com/advisories/31518
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937

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