CVE-2008-5987

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface in Eye of GNOME (eog) 2.22.3, and possibly other versions, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2008-5983).

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504352

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33443

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481553

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2