National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-4790

Overview

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in SUSE Linux 9.3 and 10.0, and possibly other distributions, cause the working directory to be added to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) beagle, (2) tomboy, or (3) blam. NOTE: in August 2007, the tomboy vector was reported for other distributions.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2007-3792

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00913.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2007-3011

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00206.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=362941

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=362941

External Source: XF

Name: tomboy-ldlibrarypath-privilege-escalation(36054)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36054

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-560-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-560-1

External Source: BID

Name: 25341

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25341

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2005:022

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_22_sr.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:064

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:064

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200801-14

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-14.xml

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200711-12

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-12.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28672

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28672

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28339

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28339

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27799

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27799

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27621

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27621

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27608

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27608

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26480

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26480

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 39578

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/39578

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 39577

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/39577

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199841

Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199841

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189249

Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189249

External Source: MISC

Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188806

Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188806