Bug 1347124 - Arbitrary code execution due to insecure loading of Python module(s) from CWD
Summary: Arbitrary code execution due to insecure loading of Python module(s) from CWD
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: python-inotify
Version: 24
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Terje Røsten
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 1348410
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Reported: 2016-06-16 06:23 UTC by Dhiru Kholia
Modified: 2016-10-03 06:20 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: python-inotify-0.9.6-6.fc25 python-inotify-0.9.6-6.fc24 python-inotify-0.9.6-6.fc23
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Last Closed: 2016-09-27 00:34:52 UTC
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Description Dhiru Kholia 2016-06-16 06:23:31 UTC 
Description of problem:

The pyinotify utility from the python-inotify package tries to load the "pyinotify" Python module from the current working directory (CWD).

$ cat /usr/bin/pyinotify 
#! /bin/bash
#

python -m pyinotify "$@"

Steps to Reproduce:

$ cat > pyinotify.py
print("boom!")

$ pyinotify  # invoke /usr/bin/pyinotify script
boom!

Additional info:

This bug is very similar to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995060

python3-inotify package is similarly affected.
Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2016-09-20 17:58:05 UTC 
python-inotify-0.9.6-6.fc24 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 24. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-e22ecc14a6
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2016-09-20 17:58:13 UTC 
python-inotify-0.9.6-6.fc23 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 23. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-1d45339c16
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2016-09-20 17:58:17 UTC 
python-inotify-0.9.6-6.fc25 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 25. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-e4f2aead7d
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2016-09-22 01:24:09 UTC 
python-inotify-0.9.6-6.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-1d45339c16
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2016-09-22 01:25:02 UTC 
python-inotify-0.9.6-6.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-e22ecc14a6
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2016-09-22 09:56:54 UTC 
python-inotify-0.9.6-6.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-e4f2aead7d
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2016-09-27 00:34:52 UTC 
python-inotify-0.9.6-6.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2016-09-28 01:56:14 UTC 
python-inotify-0.9.6-6.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2016-10-03 06:20:31 UTC 
python-inotify-0.9.6-6.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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