CVE-2010-2953 (GCVE-0-2010-2953)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-09-14 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 02:55
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Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Debian GNU/Linux patch for the couchdb script in CouchDB 0.8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted shared library in the current working directory.
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