CVE - CVE-2009-0318

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-0318	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the GObject Python interpreter wrapper in Gnumeric allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2008-5983).
References
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BID:33438 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33438 CONFIRM:http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=569648 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481572 FEDORA:FEDORA-2009-1295 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00211.html GENTOO:GLSA-200904-03 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-03.xml MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2009:043 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:043 MLIST:[oss-security] 20090126 CVE request -- Python < 2.6 PySys_SetArgv issues (epiphany, csound, dia, eog, gedit, xchat, vim, nautilus-python, Gnumeric) URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2 SECUNIA:33707 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33707 SECUNIA:33823 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33823
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Entry Created
20090127	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20090127)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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