CVE-2015-5652

Publication date 6 October 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in python.exe in Python through 3.5.0 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse readline.pyd file in the current working directory. NOTE: the vendor says "It was determined that this is a longtime behavior of Python that cannot really be altered at this point."

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python2.7 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
python3.2 15.04 vivid Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
python3.4 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
python3.5 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.04 vivid Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

Windows only and upstream isn't going to fix, ignoring

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