CVE-2008-5985 Information

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).

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504363 http://secunia.com/advisories/34187 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-16.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:048 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33441 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481548