Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-5983 First vendor Publication 2009-01-27
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

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 : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5983

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28118
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28118
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2011-0027 -- python security, bug fix, and enhancement update (low)
Description: [2.4.3-43] - add missing patch 206 Related: rhbz#549372
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011-0027
CVE-2009-4134
CVE-2010-1449
CVE-2010-1450
CVE-2010-1634
CVE-2010-2089
CVE-2008-5983
 Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s): python
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 116
Os 4
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-10-26 Name : Ubuntu Update for python3.1 USN-1616-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1616_1.nasl
2012-10-19 Name : Ubuntu Update for python2.5 USN-1613-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1613_1.nasl
2012-10-19 Name : Ubuntu Update for python2.4 USN-1613-2
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1613_2.nasl
2012-10-05 Name : Ubuntu Update for python2.6 USN-1596-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1596_1.nasl
2011-01-14 Name : RedHat Update for python RHSA-2011:0027-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_0027-01_python.nasl
2010-09-07 Name : Fedora Update for python3 FEDORA-2010-13388
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_13388_python3_fc13.nasl
2010-07-06 Name : Fedora Update for python FEDORA-2010-9565
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_9565_python_fc12.nasl
2010-06-18 Name : Fedora Update for python FEDORA-2010-9652
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_9652_python_fc13.nasl
2009-04-15 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200904-06 (eog)
File : nvt/glsa_200904_06.nasl
2009-04-06 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200903-41 (gedit)
File : nvt/glsa_200903_41.nasl
2009-03-13 Name : FreeBSD Ports: epiphany
File : nvt/freebsd_epiphany.nasl
2009-02-18 Name : FreeBSD Ports: dia
File : nvt/freebsd_dia0.nasl
2009-02-10 Name : Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-1289 (gnumeric)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_1289.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
53373 Python PySys_SetArgv API Function Search Path Subversion Local Privilege Esca...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-10-25 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1616-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-18 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1613-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-18 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1613-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-05 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1596-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20110113_python_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-01-14 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-0027.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-09-04 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-13388.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-9565.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-9652.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-1289.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-07 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200904-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-03-31 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200903-41.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-03-12 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_e848a92f0e7d11de92de000bcdc1757a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-05 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-1295.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg586010.html
Source Url
FEDORA http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.html
GENTOO http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml
MISC https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482814
MLIST http://www.nabble.com/Bug-484305%3A-bicyclerepair%3A-bike.vim-imports-untrust...
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/28/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/30/2
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/34522
http://secunia.com/advisories/40194
http://secunia.com/advisories/42888
http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
http://secunia.com/advisories/51087
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1448
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0122

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