CVE-2009-0314

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-01-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-426

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).

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 9
GNOME Libpeas: before 0.5.3 — fixed in 0.5.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GNOME Libpeas 0.5.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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