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| author |   Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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diff --git a/glsa-200505-14.xml b/glsa-200505-14.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..615774fb --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200505-14.xml @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200505-14"> + <title>Cheetah: Untrusted module search path</title> + <synopsis> + Cheetah contains a vulnerability in the module importing code that can + allow a local user to gain escalated privileges. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">Cheetah</product> + <announced>May 19, 2005</announced> + <revised>May 17, 2006: 02</revised> + <bug>92926</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-python/cheetah" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.9.17_rc1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.9.17_rc1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Cheetah is a Python powered template engine and code generator. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Brian Bird discovered that Cheetah searches for modules in the + world-writable /tmp directory. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A malicious local user could place a module containing arbitrary code + in /tmp, which when imported would run with escalated privileges. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There are no known workarounds at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Cheetah users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/cheetah-0.9.17_rc1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://secunia.com/advisories/15386/">Secunia Advisory SA15386</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 17 May 2005 21:18:59 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 17 May 2005 21:38:15 +0000"> + r2d2 + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 18 May 2005 11:47:34 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |