Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python module in gedit...

Vulnerability Description

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

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/33769
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:039
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48271
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg01195.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33445
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xml
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2
• http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=569214
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34522
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33759
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481556