-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:048-1 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : epiphany Date : February 20, 2009 Affected: 2009.0 _______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: 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 Epiphany working directory (CVE-2008-5985). This update provides fix for that vulnerability. Update: The previous update package was not built against the correct (latest) libxulrunner-1.9.0.6 library (fixes #48163) _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5985 _______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandriva Linux 2009.0: 592e5f24082af7e6a1f2b3b9db20b3da 2009.0/i586/epiphany-2.24.0.1-3.5mdv2009.0.i586.rpm d04751e441f59f1c9ebf56bf6c00cf4c 2009.0/i586/epiphany-devel-2.24.0.1-3.5mdv2009.0.i586.rpm 64a55129a1bc9601f61be815d7a0e195 2009.0/SRPMS/epiphany-2.24.0.1-3.5mdv2009.0.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64: 6ebde74ae17d0881072cd4395f94e065 2009.0/x86_64/epiphany-2.24.0.1-3.5mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm 7b490af03372504852264d2eb0f151e3 2009.0/x86_64/epiphany-devel-2.24.0.1-3.5mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm 64a55129a1bc9601f61be815d7a0e195 2009.0/SRPMS/epiphany-2.24.0.1-3.5mdv2009.0.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_(at)_mandriva.com _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team <security*mandriva.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJo9hGmqjQ0CJFipgRAqLmAKDPX4EpQKiT2zO3+0EmLy+Qm8Ja0gCgnP5i QWxD2WlLJ7n1IXmxd3yM+as= =comw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
