Epiphany: Untrusted search path

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200903-16 / epiphany
Release Date	March 09, 2009
Latest Revision	March 09, 2009: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	local

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
www-client/epiphany	< 2.22.3-r2	>= 2.22.3-r2	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #257000

Synopsis

An untrusted search path vulnerability in Epiphany might result in the execution of arbitrary code.

2. Impact Information

Background

Epiphany is a GNOME webbrowser based on the Mozilla rendering engine Gecko.

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.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

Do not run "epiphany" from untrusted working directories.

Resolution

All Epiphany users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/epiphany-2.22.3-r2"

4. References

CVE-2008-5985

Page updated March 09, 2009

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