Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63402
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:039 (gedit)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to gedit;announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:039.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to gedit announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:039. Vulnerability Insight: Python has a variable called sys.path that contains all paths where Python loads modules by using import scripting procedure. A wrong handling of that variable enables local attackers to execute arbitrary code via Python scripting in the current gedit working directory (CVE-2009-0314). This update provides fix for that vulnerability. Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. CVSS Score: 6.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-0314 BugTraq ID: 33445 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33445 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg01195.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:039 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=569214 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2 http://secunia.com/advisories/33759 http://secunia.com/advisories/33769 http://secunia.com/advisories/34522 XForce ISS Database: gedit-pysyssetargv-privilege-escalation(48271) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48271
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc.

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