CVE-2009-0314 (GCVE-0-2009-0314)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-28 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:31
VLAI
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python module in gedit 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).
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33445 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
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http://secunia.com/advisories/34522 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/33759 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481556 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2009-01-26 00:00
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