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Zope hotfix: Acqusition context checking

This hotfix addresses an important security issue that affects Zope version 2.3.3, all Zope 2.4.0 alpha and beta releases, as well as the final release of Zope 2.4.0.

The issue involves an error in the _check_context method of the AccessControl.User.BasicUser class. The bug made it possible to access Zope objects via acquisition that a user would not

otherwise have access to. This issue could allow users with enough internal knowledge of Zope to perform actions higher in the object

hierarchy than they should be able to.

We highly recommend that any Zope site running Zope 2.3.3, Zope 2.4.0 final or any alpha or beta version of 2.4.0 have this hotfix product installed to mitigate the issue. Zope 2.4.1 will contain a

fix for the issue, at which time the hotfix can be removed. Zope

versions prior to 2.3.3 are not affected by this issue.

Thanks to Ron Bickers for providing a reproducible test case

README

http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/Hotfix_2001-08-04/Hotfix_2001_08_04.tgz