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Python Update for Mandrake Linux
Posted by philipp on: 12/11/2002 12:22 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
MandrakeSoft has released an updated python packages for Mandrake Linux 9.0
A vulnerability was discovered in python by Zack Weinberg in the way that the execvpe() method from the os.py module uses a temporary file name. The file is created in an unsafe manner and execvpe() tries to execute it, which can be used by a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privilege of the user running the python code that is using this method.
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