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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200505-14
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Cheetah: Untrusted module search path
      Date: May 19, 2005
      Bugs: #92926
        ID: 200505-14

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Synopsis
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Cheetah contains a vulnerability in the module importing code that can
allow a local user to gain escalated privileges.

Background
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Cheetah is a Python powered template engine and code generator.

Affected packages
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     Package             /   Vulnerable   /                 Unaffected
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  1  dev-python/cheetah     < 0.9.17-rc1                 >= 0.9.17-rc1

Description
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Brian Bird discovered that Cheetah searches for modules in the
world-writable /tmp directory.

Impact
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A malicious local user could place a module containing arbitrary code
in /tmp, which when imported would run with escalated privileges.

Workaround
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There are no known workarounds at this time.

Resolution
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All Cheetah users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/cheetah-0.9.17-rc1"

References
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  [ 1 ] Secunia Advisory SA15386
        https://www.flexera.com/products/software-vulnerability-research/secunia-research

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200505-14

Concerns?
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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
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2005 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.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/