PT-2009-1460 · Gnome · Epiphany

Published 2009-01-28 · Updated 2009-03-19 · CVE-2008-5985

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Epiphany version 2.22.3

Description The issue is related to an untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface, allowing local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory. This is related to a vulnerability in the PySys SetArgv function.

Recommendations For Epiphany version 2.22.3, consider restricting the execution of Python files from untrusted sources until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the PySys SetArgv function in sensitive operations. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5985

Affected Products

Epiphany

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5985 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5985 · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-16.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5985 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:048 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5985 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34187 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/33441 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481548 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504363 · Note