Executive Summary

Informations
Name MDVSA-2009:063 First vendor Publication 2009-03-02
Vendor Mandriva Last vendor Modification 2009-03-02
Severity (Vendor) N/A 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 : (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

Python has a variable called sys.path that contains all paths where Python loads modules by using import scripting procedure. A wrong handling of that variable enables local attackers to execute arbitrary code via Python scripting in the current eog working directory (CVE-2008-5987).

This update provides fix for that vulnerability.

Original Source

Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:063

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-15 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200904-06 (eog)
File : nvt/glsa_200904_06.nasl
2009-03-07 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:063 (eog)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_063.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
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
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-063.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

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