CVE-2005-4790

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-4790
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMultiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in SUSE Linux 9.3 and 10.0, and possibly other distributions, cause the working directory to be added to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) beagle, (2) tomboy, or (3) blam. NOTE: in August 2007, the tomboy vector was reported for other distributions.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Novell Suse Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ubuntu update for tomboy - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/39578 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: blam-1.8.3-9.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Bug 485224 – [PATCH] Insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH Privilege Escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org
362941 – CVE-2005-4790 tomboy includes CWD in LD_LIBRARY_PATH [F7] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Gentoo Bug 199841 - net-news/blam < 1.8.4 CWD in LD_LIBRARY_PATH (CVE-2005-4790) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Blam: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Gentoo Bug 189249 - app-misc/tomboy < 0.8.1-r1 Insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH Privilege Escalation (CVE-2005-4790) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Tomboy: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:064 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
osvdb.org/39577 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Gentoo update for tomboy - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Tomboy LD_LIBRARY_PATH Environment Variable Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Fedora update for tomboy - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
188806 – app-misc/tomboy set dangerous LD_LIBRARY_PATH on start af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
USN-560-1: Tomboy vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Gentoo update for blam - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for blam - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Vendor Advisory
Tomboy Insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH Privilege Escalation - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: tomboy-0.6.1-2.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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