ubuntu · CVE-2008-5985

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Priority: low Published: 2009-01-28 11:30:00 UTC Updated: 2024-07-24 15:57:39 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2008-5985 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (epiphany-browser), 10 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): not-affected 6, ignored 3, released 1.

Description:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface in Epiphany 2.22.3, and possibly other versions, 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).

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