Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-41 - A vulnerability in gedit might allow local attackers to execute arbitrary code. James Vega reported that gedit uses the current working directory when searching for python modules, a vulnerability related to CVE-2008-5983. Versions less than 2.24.3 are affected.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-039 - 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 gedit working directory. This update provides fix for that vulnerability.
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