NetSight
medium6.9

CVE-2008-4394

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 us…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
GentooPortage
through 2.1.4.4
Versions 2.0.51.22, 2.1.1, 2.1.3.10, 2.1.3.11

References