<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201009-08"> <title>python-updater: Untrusted search path</title> <synopsis> An untrusted search path vulnerability in python-updater might result in the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">python-updater</product> <announced>September 21, 2010</announced> <revised>September 21, 2010: 01</revised> <bug>288361</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="app-admin/python-updater" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.7-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.7-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> python-updater is a script used to remerge python packages when changing Python version. </p> </background> <description> <p> Robert Buchholz of the Gentoo Security Team reported that python-updater includes the current working directory and subdirectories in the Python module search path (sys.path) before calling "import". </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p> A local attacker could entice the root user to run "python-updater" from a directory containing a specially crafted Python module, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with root privileges. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> Do not run "python-updater" from untrusted working directories. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All python-updater users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/python-updater-0.7-r1"</code> </resolution> <references/> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:20:22 +0000"> craig </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:48:48 +0000"> craig </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:36:47 +0000"> craig </metadata> </glsa>