OpenPKG Security Advisory

Publisher Name:          OpenPKG GmbH
Publisher Home:          http://openpkg.com/

Advisory Id (public):    OpenPKG-SA-2003.006
Advisory Type:           OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory:      http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document:       http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2003.006
Advisory Published:      2010-09-03 22:06 UTC

Issue Id (internal):     OpenPKG-SI-20030123.01
Issue First Created:     2003-01-23
Issue Last Modified:     2006-11-28
Issue Revision:          06


Subject Name:            Python
Subject Summary:         The Python Programming Language
Subject Home:            http://www.python.org/
Subject Versions:        * <= 2.2.1

Vulnerability Id:        CVE-2002-1119
Vulnerability Scope:     global (not OpenPKG specific)

Attack Feasibility:      run-time
Attack Vector:           local system
Attack Impact:           arbitrary code execution

Description:
    Zack Weinberg discovered an insecure use of a predictable file name
    [0] in the Python programming language [1]. Python attempts to execute
    a file which is assumed to not exist just to find out what error
    the operating system returns in this situation. It uses a constant
    filename for this task which could lead to the execution of arbitrary
    code.

References:
    [0] http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-August/027223.html
    [1] http://www.python.org/
    [2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-1119
    [3] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source
    [4] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-binary
    [5] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.1/UPD/python-2.2.1-1.1.1.src.rpm
    [6] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.1/UPD/
    [7] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature


Primary Package Name:    python
Primary Package Home:    http://openpkg.org/go/package/python

Affected Distribution:   Affected Branch:  Affected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.1-SOLID         python-2.2.1-1.1.0
OpenPKG Community        1.2-SOLID         n/a
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           python-2.2.1-20020820

Corrected Distribution:  Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.1-SOLID         python-2.2.1-1.1.1
OpenPKG Community        1.2-SOLID         n/a
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           python-2.2.2-20021015