Rapid7 Vulnerability & Exploit Database

USN-1616-1: Python 3.1 vulnerabilities

Free InsightVM Trial No credit card necessary

Watch Demo See how it all works

Back to Search

USN-1616-1: Python 3.1 vulnerabilities

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

01/27/2009

Created

07/25/2018

Added

05/06/2013

Modified

07/09/2020

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv API function in Python 2.6 and earlier, and possibly later versions, prepends an empty string to sys.path when the argv[0] argument does not contain a path separator, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory.

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-python3-1
ubuntu-upgrade-python3-1-minimal

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2008-5983
APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3
APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3
40370
40863
CVE - 2008-5983
CVE - 2010-1634
CVE - 2010-2089
CVE - 2011-4944
CVE - 2012-0845
CVE - 2012-1150
CVE - 2012-2135
Category I
V0031252
V0035032
2012-A-0020
2012-A-0189
RHSA-2011:0027
USN-1616-1

Advanced vulnerability management analytics and reporting.

Key Features

Free InsightVM Trial View All Features

With Rapid7 live dashboards, I have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what I need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in real-time. No other tool gives us that kind of value and insight.

– Scott Cheney, Manager of Information Security, Sierra View Medical Center

;