Mario Guerra | 1 Sep 2000 17:41
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[Fwd: [Security Announce] MDKSA-2000:043 - Zope update]


From: Linux Mandrake Security Team <security <at> linux-mandrake.com>
Subject: [Security Announce] MDKSA-2000:043 - Zope update
Date: 2000-09-01 06:11:58 GMT

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                Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory
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Package name:		Zope
Date:			September 1st, 2000
Advisory ID:		MDKSA-2000:043

Affected versions:	7.1
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Problem Description:

 The exploit that was not fixed with the previous Zope hotfix involves
 the getRoles method of user objects contained in the default UserFolder
 implementation returning a mutable Python type.  Because the mutable
 object is still associated with the persistent User object, users with
 the ability to edit DTML could arrange to give themselves extra roles
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