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Secunia Security Advisory 34187

Secunia Security Advisory 34187
Posted Mar 11, 2009
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for epiphany. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

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Secunia Security Advisory 34187

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TITLE:
Gentoo update for epiphany

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34187

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34187/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for epiphany. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to epiphany using the current working
directory as part of the module search path. This can be exploited to
e.g. execute arbitrary Python code with the privileges of another
user by tricking the user into executing epiphany in a directory
containing a Python file named like one of the modules epiphany uses.

SOLUTION:
Update to version "www-client/epiphany-2.22.3-r2" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA-200903-16:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-16.xml

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