CVE-2010-4005
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:035
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0457
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644606
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:035
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0457
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644606
CWEs
CWE-94
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.