VDB-55169 · CVE-2010-3357 · BID 43917

Pedro Castro gnome-subtitles 1.0 LD_LIBRARY_PATH Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability was found in Pedro Castro gnome-subtitles 1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality in the library LD_LIBRARY_PATH. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

gnome-subtitles 1.0 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.

The weakness was shared 10/20/2010 as confirmed git commit (GIT Repository). The advisory is shared at git.gnome.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-3357. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49985 (Fedora 12 : gnome-subtitles-1.0-3.fc12 (2010-15717)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.gnome.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (49985).

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 49985
Nessus Name: Fedora 12 : gnome-subtitles-1.0-3.fc12 (2010-15717)
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OpenVAS ID: 862638
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for gnome-subtitles FEDORA-2010-15628
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Patch: git.gnome.org

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09/15/2010 🔍
09/28/2010 +13 days 🔍
10/15/2010 +17 days 🔍
10/19/2010 +4 days 🔍
10/20/2010 +1 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1611 days 🔍
09/27/2021 +2384 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: git.gnome.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-3357 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 27783 - gnome-subtitles 1.0-1 Insecure Library Loading Allows Local Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 43917
Secunia: 41807

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/27/2021 19:26
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (57), 03/08/2017 15:17 (6), 09/27/2021 19:19 (5), 09/27/2021 19:26 (2)
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