CVE-2008-5985

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5985
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-01-28 11:30:00 UTC
Updated2009-03-19 05:48:00 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface in Epiphany 2.22.3, and possibly other versions, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2008-5983).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Epiphany 2.22.3 All All All
Application Gnome Epiphany 2.22.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE request -- Python < 2.6 PySys_SetArgv issues (epiphany, csound, dia, eog, gedit, xchat, vim, nautilus-python, Gnumeric) MLIST www.openwall.com
#504363 - epiphany-browser: Python plugins load modules from current directory - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
Security Advisory SA34187 - Gentoo update for epiphany - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Epiphany 'PySys_SetArgv' Remote Command Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:048 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Bug 481548 – CVE-2008-5985 epiphany: untrusted python modules search path CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Epiphany: Untrusted search path GENTOO www.gentoo.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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