[ MDVSA-2009:048-2 ] epiphany

[dude67]

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Package : epiphany
Date : February 25, 2009
Affected: 2008.1
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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)
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cg ... -2008-5985
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