Re: Python CGI sandboxing advice (packaging of Online Python Tutor)

2014-04-09 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Jakub Wilk jw...@debian.org, 2014-02-13, 00:27: The CGI's code is supposed to be safeguarding against abuse, The protection is not very good. (I'll disclose the details later.) The exploit I had in mind was: import re from re import sys imp = re.sys.modules['imp']

Re: Python CGI sandboxing advice (packaging of Online Python Tutor)

2014-04-09 Thread Olivier Berger
Hi. Jakub Wilk jw...@debian.org writes: * Jakub Wilk jw...@debian.org, 2014-02-13, 00:27: The CGI's code is supposed to be safeguarding against abuse, The protection is not very good. (I'll disclose the details later.) The exploit I had in mind was: import re from re import sys

Re: Python CGI sandboxing advice (packaging of Online Python Tutor)

2014-02-12 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Olivier Berger olivier.ber...@telecom-sudparis.eu, 2014-02-10, 10:51: The CGI's code is supposed to be safeguarding against abuse, The protection is not very good. (I'll disclose the details later.) but I think some sandboxing would be better at the CGI invocation for additional security.

Re: Python CGI sandboxing advice (packaging of Online Python Tutor)

2014-02-10 Thread Olivier Berger
Hi. I'm looking for advice on how to package the Online Python Tutor's backend server which can execute arbitrary Python scripts submitted by the user. The CGI's code is supposed to be safeguarding against abuse, but I think some sandboxing would be better at the CGI invocation for additional