Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-048-2 - Python has a variable called sys.path that contains all paths where Python loads modules by using import scripting procedure. A wrong handling of that variable enables local attackers to execute arbitrary code via Python scripting in the current Epiphany working directory. This update provides fix for that vulnerability. The previous update package was not built against the correct (latest) libxulrunner-1.9.0.6 library (fixes #48163)
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:048-2
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : epiphany
Date : February 25, 2009
Affected: 2008.1
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Problem Description:
Python has a variable called sys.path that contains all paths where
Python loads modules by using import scripting procedure. A wrong
handling of that variable enables local attackers to execute arbitrary
code via Python scripting in the current Epiphany working directory
(CVE-2008-5985).
This update provides fix for that vulnerability.
Update:
The previous update package was not built against the correct (latest)
libxulrunner-1.9.0.6 library (fixes #48163)
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5985
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Linux 2008.1:
a93951cb851094952d151e3da49d6212 2008.1/i586/epiphany-2.22.3-0.3mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
b5e6b0322dbad813e3285dc4d8efab6e 2008.1/i586/epiphany-devel-2.22.3-0.3mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
c605be70a70b503027c9d1f5da3305c4 2008.1/SRPMS/epiphany-2.22.3-0.3mdv2008.1.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64:
06731986f1f534739d2421ebc94e4714 2008.1/x86_64/epiphany-2.22.3-0.3mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
a98351efcc10e336e5e6b78caa4697b8 2008.1/x86_64/epiphany-devel-2.22.3-0.3mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
c605be70a70b503027c9d1f5da3305c4 2008.1/SRPMS/epiphany-2.22.3-0.3mdv2008.1.src.rpm
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