GLSA 200903-16: Epiphany: Untrusted search path

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Epiphany: Untrusted search path
Date:	03/09/2009
Bugs:	#257000
ID:	200903-16

Synopsis

An untrusted search path vulnerability in Epiphany might result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Epiphany is a GNOME webbrowser based on the Mozilla rendering engine Gecko.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-client/epiphany	< 2.22.3-r2	>= 2.22.3-r2	All supported architectures

Description

James Vega reported an untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface.

Impact

A local attacker could entice a user to run Epiphany from a directory containing a specially crafted python module, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Epiphany.

Workaround

Do not run "epiphany" from untrusted working directories.

Resolution

All Epiphany users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/epiphany-2.22.3-r2"

References

CVE-2008-5985

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-16.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.