CVE-2012-4425

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4425
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-18 17:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:11:00 UTC
Descriptionlibgio, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in spice-gtk and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do not cleanse environment variables, not in libgio itself.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freedesktop Spice-gtk - All All All
Application Freedesktop Spice-gtk - All All All
Application Gtk Libgio - All All All
Application Gtk Libgio - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - libdbus CVE-2012-3524 fix MLIST www.openwall.com
[spice-gtk] usb-acl-helper: Clear environment — Spice Development MLIST www.spinics.net Exploit
libgio CVE-2012-4425 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: libdbus CVE-2012-3524 fix MLIST www.openwall.com
libdbus 'DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS' Local Privilege Escalation EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit
[spice-gtk/f18] Add patch fixing CVE 2012-4425 MLIST permalink.gmane.org Patch
857283 – (CVE-2012-4425) CVE-2012-4425 spice-gtk/glib: Possible privilege escalation via un-sanitized environment variable MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: libdbus CVE-2012-3524 fix MLIST www.openwall.com
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