CVE-2005-4791 (GCVE-0-2005-4791)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-04-26 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:01
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Summary
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in SUSE Linux 10.0 cause the working directory to be added to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) liferea or (2) banshee.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://osvdb.org/39580 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15040 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/27771 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?rele… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3965 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2005-10-07 00:00
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