CVE-2008-4394
N/A
Published: October 10, 2008 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPortage
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
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.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32228Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200810-02.xmlVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45792Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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