CVE-2010-3998

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-3998
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-11-06 00:00:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) banshee-1 and (2) muinshee scripts in Banshee 1.8.0 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: Banshee might also be affected using GST_PLUGIN_PATH.

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
Application Banshee-project Banshee 0.13.2 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.0 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.2 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.2.1 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.4 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.4.2 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.4.3 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.5.0 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.5.1 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.5.2 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.5.3 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.5.4 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.5.5 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.5.6 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.6.0 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.6.1 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.7.0 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.7.1 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.7.2 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.7.3 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.7.4 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.7.5 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee 1.7.6 All All All
Application Banshee-project Banshee All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
644554 – (CVE-2010-3998) CVE-2010-3998 banshee: insecure library loading vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
download.banshee.fm/banshee/unstable/1.9.0/banshee-1-1.9.0.news af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.banshee.fm
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: banshee-1.8.0-10.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Banshee 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: banshee-1.6.1-4.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:034 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: banshee-1.6.1-4.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
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