Got this from a Google alert overnight. It's not really a Python problem
(it's a sudo problem), but it's probably not a bad idea to understand the
implications.
>> SUDO Python Environment Cleaning Privilege Escalation ...
>> Secunia - UK
>> ... This can be exploited by a user with sudo access to a python script
>> to gain access to an interactive python prompt via the "PYTHONINSPECT"
>> environment variable ...
>> <http://secunia.com/advisories/18358/>
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