Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-5987: Eye of GNOME: Untrusted search path
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(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
01/28/2009
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface in Eye of GNOME (eog) 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).
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-gfx-eog
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