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1.9 KiB
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63 lines
1.9 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200505-14">
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<title>Cheetah: Untrusted module search path</title>
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<synopsis>
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Cheetah contains a vulnerability in the module importing code that can
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allow a local user to gain escalated privileges.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">Cheetah</product>
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<announced>May 19, 2005</announced>
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<revised>May 17, 2006: 02</revised>
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<bug>92926</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-python/cheetah" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.9.17_rc1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">0.9.17_rc1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Cheetah is a Python powered template engine and code generator.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Brian Bird discovered that Cheetah searches for modules in the
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world-writable /tmp directory.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A malicious local user could place a module containing arbitrary code
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in /tmp, which when imported would run with escalated privileges.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There are no known workarounds at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All Cheetah users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/cheetah-0.9.17_rc1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://secunia.com/advisories/15386/">Secunia Advisory SA15386</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 17 May 2005 21:18:59 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 17 May 2005 21:38:15 +0000">
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r2d2
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 18 May 2005 11:47:34 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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