CVE-2005-4791 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in SUSE Linux 10.0 cause the working directory to be added to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) liferea or (2) banshee.

Published: 2006-04-26

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-4784	Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in SUSE Linux 10.0 cause the working directory to be added to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) liferea or (2) banshee.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00152.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/39580
http://secunia.com/advisories/27771
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=555823&group_id=87005
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_22_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15040
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3965

History

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Subscriptions

Novell Suse Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-04-26T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:01:22.454Z

Reserved: 2006-04-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4791

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-4791

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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