CVE-2008-5983
Published: 27 January 2009
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv API function in Python 2.6 and earlier, and possibly later versions, prepends an empty string to sys.path when the argv[0] argument does not contain a path separator, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory.
Notes
Author | Note |
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jdstrand | upstream added new C API function, PySys_SetArgvEx, which can be used to set sys.argv without also modifying sys.path. The default behavior for PySys_SetArgv does not change. |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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python2.4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Ignored
(end of life)
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gutsy |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
|
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hardy |
Released
(2.4.5-1ubuntu4.4)
|
|
intrepid |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
|
|
jaunty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
karmic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
lucid |
Does not exist
|
|
maverick |
Does not exist
|
|
natty |
Does not exist
|
|
oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
python2.5 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Does not exist
|
gutsy |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
|
|
hardy |
Released
(2.5.2-2ubuntu6.2)
|
|
intrepid |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
|
|
jaunty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
karmic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
lucid |
Does not exist
|
|
maverick |
Does not exist
|
|
natty |
Does not exist
|
|
oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
python2.6 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Does not exist
|
hardy |
Does not exist
|
|
karmic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
lucid |
Released
(2.6.5-1ubuntu6.1)
|
|
maverick |
Not vulnerable
(2.6.6-5ubuntu1)
|
|
natty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
oneiric |
Not vulnerable
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.5+20100529-1)
|
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Patches: upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/3f08d98c8fa5/ |
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python2.7 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Does not exist
|
lucid |
Does not exist
|
|
maverick |
Not vulnerable
(2.7-6)
|
|
natty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
oneiric |
Not vulnerable
|
|
precise |
Not vulnerable
|
|
quantal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.7-1)
|
|
python3.1 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Does not exist
|
lucid |
Released
(3.1.2-0ubuntu3.2)
|
|
natty |
Not vulnerable
(3.1.3-1ubuntu1)
|
|
oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Released
(3.1.3-1)
|
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Patches: upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9db8c414921f/ |
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python3.2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Does not exist
|
lucid |
Does not exist
|
|
natty |
Not vulnerable
(3.2-1ubuntu1)
|
|
oneiric |
Not vulnerable
|
|
precise |
Not vulnerable
|
|
quantal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
upstream |
Released
(3.2)
|