CVE-2008-5983
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-01-28 02:00
Modified
2024-08-07 11:13
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34522Not Applicable
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/40194Not Applicable
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/42888Not Applicable
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50858Not Applicable
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51024Not Applicable
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51040Not Applicable
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51087Not Applicable
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg586010.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.nabble.com/Bug-484305%3A-bicyclerepair%3A-bike.vim-imports-untrusted-python-files-from-cwd-td18848099.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/28/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/30/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1448Permissions Required
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0122Permissions Required
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482814Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34522Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/40194Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/42888Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50858Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51024Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51040Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51087Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg586010.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.nabble.com/Bug-484305%3A-bicyclerepair%3A-bike.vim-imports-untrusted-python-files-from-cwd-td18848099.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/28/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/30/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1448Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0122Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482814Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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