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[Bernd Dietzel <1514183@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Tyler,
i only used the setup script because the distutils.core.setup() function takes such a large number of arguments, so its more easy to read than in one single line of code.

No, i haven't  reported this issue to upstream.

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Title:
  distutils : file "bdist_rpm.py"  allows Shell injection in "name"

Status in python2.7 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  File :
  /usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py

  Line 358 :
  This line in the code uses the depreached os.popen command, should be replaced with subprocess.Popen() :

  out = os.popen(q_cmd)

  Exploit demo :
  ============
  1) Download the setup.py script wich i attached
  2) Create a test folder an put the setup.py script in this folder
  3) cd  to the test folder
  4) python setup.py bdist_rpm
  5) A xmessage window pops up as a proof of concept

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: libpython2.7-stdlib 2.7.10-4ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-17.21-generic 4.2.3
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-17-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Nov  8 13:47:34 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-22 (16 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
  SourcePackage: python2.7
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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