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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT |
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PACKAGE :python |
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SUMMARY :os.execvpe() vulnerability |
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DATE :2002-10-03 14:45 UTC |
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OVERVIEW |
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By exploiting this vulnerability a local attacker can execute |
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arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running python code |
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which uses the execvpe() method. |
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DETAIL |
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Zack Weinberg found a vulnerability in the way the exevpe() method |
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from the os.py module uses a temporary file name. A file which |
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supposedly should not exist is created in a unsafe way and the method |
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tries to execute it. The objective of such code is to discover what |
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error the operating system returns in a portable way. |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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dev-lang/python-2.2.1-r4 and earlier update their systems |
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as follows: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge python |
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emerge clean |
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