python-updater: Untrusted search path

python-updater: Untrusted search path An untrusted search path vulnerability in python-updater might result in the execution of arbitrary code. python-updater 2010-09-21 2010-09-21 288361 local 0.7-r1 0.7-r1

python-updater is a script used to remerge python packages when changing Python version.

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".

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.

Do not run "python-updater" from untrusted working directories.

All python-updater users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/python-updater-0.7-r1"

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