CVE-2009-0315

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2008-08-06
Bugzilla:
481560: CVE-2009-0315 xchat: untrusted python modules search path

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python module in xchat 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).

Find out more about CVE-2009-0315 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 xchat Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 xchat Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 xchat Will not fix

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