ubuntu-cve-2010-4005
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2010-11-06 00:00
Modified
2025-07-16 04:49
Summary
Details
The (1) tomboy and (2) tomboy-panel scripts in GNOME Tomboy 1.5.2 and earlier place 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: vector 1 exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2005-4790.2.
Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "tomboy",
"binary_version": "1.15.4-0ubuntu1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
"name": "tomboy",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/tomboy@1.15.4-0ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.15.4-0ubuntu1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.15.2-1ubuntu1",
"1.15.3-0ubuntu1",
"1.15.3-0ubuntu2"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "The (1) tomboy and (2) tomboy-panel scripts in GNOME Tomboy 1.5.2 and earlier place 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: vector 1 exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2005-4790.2.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2010-4005",
"modified": "2025-07-16T04:49:56Z",
"published": "2010-11-06T00:00:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4005"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4005"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2010-4005"
],
"withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:40Z"
}
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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