CVE-2010-4001 (GCVE-0-2010-4001)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-11-05 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:26 Disputed
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
GMXRC.bash in Gromacs 4.5.1 and earlier places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory. NOTE: CVE disputes this issue because the GMXLDLIB value is always added to the beginning of LD_LIBRARY_PATH at a later point in the script
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2971 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644596 | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2010-10-20 00:00
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