news 28 Posted February 26, 2009 This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1235608027-6173-1594 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:048-2 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : epiphany Date : February 25, 2009 Affected: 2008.1 _______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: Python has a variable called sys.path that contains all paths where Python loads modules by using import scripting procedure. A wrong handling of that variable enables local attackers to execute arbitrary code via Python scripting in the current Epiphany working directory (CVE-2008-5985). This update provides fix for that vulnerability. Update: The previous update package was not built against the correct (latest) libxulrunner-1.9.0.6 library (fixes #48163) _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5985 _______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandriva Linux 2008.1: a93951cb851094952d151e3da49d6212 2008.1/i586/epiphany-2.22.3-0.3mdv2008.1.i586.rpm b5e6b0322dbad813e3285dc4d8efab6e 2008.1/i586/epiphany-devel-2.22.3-0.3mdv2008.1.i586.rpm c605be70a70b503027c9d1f5da3305c4 2008.1/SRPMS/epiphany-2.22.3-0.3mdv2008.1.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64: 06731986f1f534739d2421ebc94e4714 2008.1/x86_64/epiphany-2.22.3-0.3mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm a98351efcc10e336e5e6b78caa4697b8 2008.1/x86_64/epiphany-devel-2.22.3-0.3mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm c605be70a70b503027c9d1f5da3305c4 2008.1/SRPMS/epiphany-2.22.3-0.3mdv2008.1.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_(at)_mandriva.com _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJpba8mqjQ0CJFipgRAoIKAJkBoRl+TzPbhR2EuFz6PjUDrI1bnwCff7p8 uXWCTIECFqiLpmFy0F9Z4H0= =tjvM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------=_1235608027-6173-1594 Content-Type: text/plain; name="message-footer.txt" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="message-footer.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To unsubscribe, send a email to sympa ( -at -) mandrivalinux.org with this subject : unsubscribe security-announce _______________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://www.mandrivastore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com _______________________________________________________ ------------=_1235608027-6173-1594-- Share this post Link to post
