-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE :python SUMMARY :os.execvpe() vulnerability DATE :2002-10-03 14:45 UTC - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- OVERVIEW By exploiting this vulnerability a local attacker can execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running python code which uses the execvpe() method. DETAIL Zack Weinberg found a vulnerability in the way the exevpe() method from the os.py module uses a temporary file name. A file which supposedly should not exist is created in a unsafe way and the method tries to execute it. The objective of such code is to discover what error the operating system returns in a portable way. SOLUTION It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running dev-lang/python-2.2.1-r4 and earlier update their systems as follows: emerge rsync emerge python emerge clean - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9nFfWfT7nyhUpoZMRAlRIAKChIVtWL75kMwXlt0Ifk5s5seczkgCgiaKZ t1mU5Nim159c3J9y9dyjELs= =80ty -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
