CVE-2005-4595

Summary

CVECVE-2005-4595
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-20 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted search path vulnerability (RPATH) in XnView 1.70 and NView 4.51 on Gentoo Linux allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious library in the current working directory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gentoo Nview 4.51 All All All
Application Gentoo Nview 4.51 All All All
Application Gentoo Xnview 1.70 All All All
Application Gentoo Xnview 1.70 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Bug 117063 - x11-misc/xnview: insecure rpath MISC bugs.gentoo.org
22094 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
22093 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for xnview SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- XnView: Privilege escalation GENTOO www.gentoo.org Patch
Gentoo Linux XnView Insecure RPATH Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - XnView / NView Insecure RPATH Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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