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Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-1189 (gedit)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to gedit announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-1189.
Insight
Insight
Update Information: Untrusted search path vulnerability in gedit's Python module allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to an erroneous setting of sys.path by the PySys_SetArgv function. ChangeLog: * Mon Jan 26 2009 Ray Strode - 1:2.22.3-3 - Fix bug 481556 in a more functional way. * Mon Jan 26 2009 Ray Strode - 1:2.22.3-2 - Fix up python plugin path to close up a security attack vectors (bug 481556).
Solution
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates. This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update gedit' at the command line. For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-1189