glsa-200911-04.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200911-04">
  <title>dstat: Untrusted search path</title>
  <synopsis>
    An untrusted search path vulnerability in the dstat might result in the
    execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">dstat</product>
  <announced>2009-11-25</announced>
  <revised count="01">2009-11-25</revised>
  <bug>293497</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sys-apps/dstat" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.6.9-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.6.9-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    dstat is a versatile system resource monitor written in Python.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Robert Buchholz of the Gentoo Security Team reported that dstat
    includes the current working directory and subdirectories in the Python
    module search path (sys.path) before calling "import".
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A local attacker could entice a user to run "dstat" from a directory
    containing a specially crafted Python module, resulting in the
    execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the
    application.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    Do not run "dstat" from untrusted working directories.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All dstat users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-apps/dstat-0.6.9-r1"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3894">CVE-2009-3894</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-11-17T12:30:20Z">
    rbu
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-11-17T12:35:21Z">
    rbu
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-11-25T13:40:09Z">
    rbu
  </metadata>
</glsa>