[ GLSA 200903-16 ] Epiphany: Untrusted search path

[Robert Buchholz <rbu () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200903-16
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Epiphany: Untrusted search path
      Date: March 09, 2009
      Bugs: #257000
        ID: 200903-16

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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
=================

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     Package              /   Vulnerable   /                Unaffected
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  1  www-client/epiphany      < 2.22.3-r2                 >= 2.22.3-r2

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
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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
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2008-5985
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=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
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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