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An untrusted search path vulnerability in python-updater might result in the execution of arbitrary code.
| Package | app-admin/python-updater on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 0.7-r1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 0.7-r1 |
python-updater is a script used to remerge python packages when changing Python version.
Robert Buchholz of the Gentoo Security Team reported that python-updater includes the current working directory and subdirectories in the Python module search path (sys.path) before calling "import".
A local attacker could entice the root user to run "python-updater" from a directory containing a specially crafted Python module, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.
Do not run "python-updater" from untrusted working directories.
All python-updater users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/python-updater-0.7-r1"
Release date
September 21, 2010
Latest revision
September 21, 2010: 01
Severity
high
Exploitable
local
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