GLSA 200505-14: Cheetah: Untrusted module search path

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Cheetah: Untrusted module search path
Date:	05/19/2005
Bugs:	#92926
ID:	200505-14

Synopsis

Cheetah contains a vulnerability in the module importing code that can allow a local user to gain escalated privileges.

Background

Cheetah is a Python powered template engine and code generator.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-python/cheetah	< 0.9.17_rc1	>= 0.9.17_rc1	All supported architectures

Description

Brian Bird discovered that Cheetah searches for modules in the world-writable /tmp directory.

Impact

A malicious local user could place a module containing arbitrary code in /tmp, which when imported would run with escalated privileges.

Workaround

There are no known workarounds at this time.

Resolution

All Cheetah users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/cheetah-0.9.17_rc1"

References

Secunia Advisory SA15386

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-14.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.