CVE-2009-0314 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2009-0314?

CVE-2009-0314 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 28 Jan 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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).

Weakness: CWE-426

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0314?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Gnome Libpeas.

How do I fix CVE-2009-0314?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2009-0314 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0314 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0314, DTSA-191-1, GHSA-7wfg-2ggr-wcjc.