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MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0521029047==" Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Full-disclosure] [ GLSA 200505-14 ] Cheetah: Untrusted module search path Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 18:29:42 +0200 --===============0521029047== Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart5352066.1hU6v00BOG"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --nextPart5352066.1hU6v00BOG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200505-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Cheetah: Untrusted module search path Date: May 19, 2005 Bugs: #92926 ID: 200505-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Cheetah contains a vulnerability in the module importing code that can allow a local user to gain escalated privileges. Background ========== Cheetah is a Python powered template engine and code generator. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-python/cheetah < 0.9.17-rc1 >= 0.9.17-rc1 Description =========== Brian Bird discovered that Cheetah searches for modules in the world-writable /tmp directory. Impact ====== A malicious local user could place a module containing arbitrary code in /tmp, which when imported would run with escalated privileges. Workaround ========== There are no known workarounds at this time. Resolution ========== All Cheetah users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/cheetah-0.9.17-rc1" References ========== [ 1 ] Secunia Advisory SA15386 http://secunia.com/advisories/15386/ Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-14.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 --nextPart5352066.1hU6v00BOG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCjL78zKC5hMHO6rkRAlqCAJ9IQqkcwCmsg53EJVkkgoTO807TTgCfdJSQ kdf2v84F4ekcBCiC/dfTqTE= =Kie9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart5352066.1hU6v00BOG-- --===============0521029047== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ --===============0521029047==-- ------------------------------ End of this Digest ****************** -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
