CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-4394

6.9 MEDIUM Published 2008-10-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-10-10
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Portage before 2.1.4.5 include the current working directory in the Python search path, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a modified Python module that is loaded by the (1) ys-apps/portage, (2) net-mail/fetchmail, (3) app-editors/leo ebuilds, and other ebuilds.

Affected configurations

• gentoo portage (<= 2.1.4.4) • gentoo portage 2.0.51.22 • gentoo portage 2.1.1 • gentoo portage 2.1.3.10 • gentoo portage 2.1.3.11

References