Mandrake Linux Advisory: python

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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name:           python
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2002:082-1
Date:                   December 9th, 2002
Original Advisory Date: November 25th, 2002
Affected versions:      9.0
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Problem Description:

 A vulnerability was discovered in python by Zack Weinberg in the way
 that the execvpe() method from the os.py module uses a temporary file
 name.  The file is created in an unsafe manner and execvpe() tries to
 execute it, which can be used by a local attacker to execute arbitrary
 code with the privilege of the user running the python code that is
 using this method.
  
Update:

 The previously released packages for 9.0 had an incorrect dependency on
 libdb.so.2 instead of libdb.so.3.  This update corrects that problem.
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References:
  
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-1119
  http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-August/027223.html
  http://python.org/sf/590294
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Updated Packages:
  
 Mandrake Linux 9.0:
 eda5ce8842e16db410497487665a926a  9.0/RPMS/libpython2.2-2.2.1-14.2mdk.i586.rpm
 c85d22c38bf31f75ebdfb782a3ff0975  9.0/RPMS/libpython2.2-devel-2.2.1-14.2mdk.i586.rpm
 06970738837e1a6355bd0555287706bb  9.0/RPMS/python-2.2.1-14.2mdk.i586.rpm
 efe32dfe6f8fb692916e3a7b3550616b  9.0/RPMS/python-base-2.2.1-14.2mdk.i586.rpm
 6b7b68b3df2c6d35ed3ddcd279f63a65  9.0/RPMS/python-docs-2.2.1-14.2mdk.i586.rpm
 1febf082525ee0816c9453d576938fac  9.0/RPMS/tkinter-2.2.1-14.2mdk.i586.rpm
 1c07dce9e92f07203bf5aa783869b959  9.0/SRPMS/python-2.2.1-14.2mdk.src.rpm
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Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):
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