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Unscored CVE-2008-4394 EUVD-2008-4375GHSA-wg82-w6jx-9hqg

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Portage before 2.1.4.5 include the current working directory in the Python search path, w…

Published Oct 10, 2008 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Portage before 2.1.4.5 include the current working directory in the Python search path, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a modified Python module that is loaded by the (1) ys-apps/portage, (2) net-mail/fetchmail, (3) app-editors/leo ebuilds, and other ebuilds.

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