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Hotfix_2002-06-14
This is a "hotfix" product. Hotfix products can be installed to
incorporate modifications to Zope at runtime without requiring an
immediate installation upgrade. Hotfix products are installed
just as you would install any other Zope product.
This hotfix addresses an important security issue that affects
users of Zope versions 2.4.0 through 2.5.x (or other Zope versions
with ZCatalog's plug-in index support installed)
The issue involves the security of the indexes of ZCatalog
objects. A flaw in the security settings of ZCatalog allows
anonymous users to call arbitrary methods of catalog indexes. The
vulnerability also allows untrusted code to do the same.
We highly recommend that any Zope site running Zope 2.4.0 through
Zope 2.5.x have this hotfix product installed to mitigate the
issue. Zope 2.6 will contain a fix for the issue, at which time
the hotfix can be removed.