A design error in Py2Play allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200509-09 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: Py2Play: Remote execution of arbitrary Python code Date: September 17, 2005 Bugs: #103524 ID: 200509-09 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======= A design error in Py2Play allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. Background ========= Py2Play is a peer-to-peer network game engine written in Python. Pickling is a Python feature allowing to serialize Python objects into string representations (called pickles) that can be sent over the network. Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-python/py2play
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