Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63295
Category:	Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:	Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-1189 (gedit)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to gedit;announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-1189.;Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to gedit announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-1189. Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional. Vulnerability Insight: Update Information: Untrusted search path vulnerability in gedit's Python module allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to an erroneous setting of sys.path by the PySys_SetArgv function. ChangeLog: * Mon Jan 26 2009 Ray Strode - 1:2.22.3-3 - Fix bug 481556 in a more functional way. * Mon Jan 26 2009 Ray Strode - 1:2.22.3-2 - Fix up python plugin path to close up a security attack vectors (bug 481556). Solution: Apply the appropriate updates. This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update gedit' at the command line. 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
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