Executive Summary

Summary
Title python-updater: Untrusted search path
Informations
Name GLSA-201009-08 First vendor Publication 2010-09-21
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2010-09-21
Severity (Vendor) High Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector :
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Detail

Synopsis

An untrusted search path vulnerability in python-updater might result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

python-updater is a script used to remerge python packages when changing Python version.

Description

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".

Impact

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.

Workaround

Do not run "python-updater" from untrusted working directories.

Resolution

All python-updater users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/python-updater-0.7-r1"

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201009-08.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201009-08.xml

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