Re: [Python-Dev] sudo security hole w/ potential Python connection

2006-01-10 Thread Guido van Rossum
Methinks anyone using sudo to allow non-root-users to execute specific scripts without giving them full root perms is relying on security by obscurity at this point. (Ditto for setuid Python scripts BTW.) --Guido On 1/10/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Got this from a Google

[Python-Dev] sudo security hole w/ potential Python connection

2006-01-10 Thread skip
Got this from a Google alert overnight. It's not really a Python problem (it's a sudo problem), but it's probably not a bad idea to understand the implications. >> SUDO Python Environment Cleaning Privilege Escalation ... >> Secunia - UK >> ... This can be exploited by a user with su