[Python-Dev] Fw: Security hole in rexec?

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Sat, 24 Aug 2002 19:55:00 -0400


[rexec compromised by deleting __builtins__]

This has been known for a while, see python.org/sf/577530.

My recommendation is the same as always: don't trust rexec.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)