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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200502-09.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200502-09.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d9aa72277ce5 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200502-09.xml @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200502-09"> + <title>Python: Arbitrary code execution through SimpleXMLRPCServer</title> + <synopsis> + Python-based XML-RPC servers may be vulnerable to remote execution of + arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">Python</product> + <announced>2005-02-08</announced> + <revised count="01">2005-02-08</revised> + <bug>80592</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-lang/python" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.3.4-r1</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">2.3.3-r2</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">2.2.3-r6</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="le">2.3.4</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, + cross-platform programming language. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Graham Dumpleton discovered that XML-RPC servers making use of the + SimpleXMLRPCServer library that use the register_instance() method to + register an object without a _dispatch() method are vulnerable to a + flaw allowing to read or modify globals of the associated module. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + A remote attacker may be able to exploit the flaw in such XML-RPC + servers to execute arbitrary code on the server host with the rights of + the XML-RPC server. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Python users that don't make use of any SimpleXMLRPCServer-based + XML-RPC servers, or making use of servers using only the + register_function() method are not affected. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Python users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-lang/python</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0089">CAN-2005-0089</uri> + <uri link="https://www.python.org/security/PSF-2005-001/">Python PSF-2005-001</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-02-04T14:45:11Z"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-02-07T08:31:41Z"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-02-08T19:35:29Z"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |