CVE-2008-5983
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Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv API function in Python 2.6 and earlier, and possibly later versions, prepends an empty string to sys.path when the argv[0] argument does not contain a path separator, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg586010.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482814
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51087
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/30/2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1448
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
- http://www.nabble.com/Bug-484305%3A-bicyclerepair%3A-bike.vim-imports-untrusted-python-files-from-cwd-td18848099.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0122
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/28/5
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34522
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42888
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40194
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
References
- http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg586010.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482814
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51087
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/30/2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1448
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
- http://www.nabble.com/Bug-484305%3A-bicyclerepair%3A-bike.vim-imports-untrusted-python-files-from-cwd-td18848099.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0122
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/28/5
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34522
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42888
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40194
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
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