| Name | CVE-2008-5985 |
| Description | Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface in Epiphany 2.22.3, and possibly other versions, 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). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 504363 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| epiphany-browser (PTS) | buster | 3.32.1.2-3~deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 3.32.1.2-3~deb10u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.38.2-1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 43.1-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 46~beta-1 | fixed |
| sid | 46.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[etch] - epiphany-browser <no-dsa> (Minor issue, only vulnerable when called from certain dir)