GTK+ Arbitrary Loadable Module Execution Vulnerability

BID:2165

Info

GTK+ Arbitrary Loadable Module Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2165
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2001-0084
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 02 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 04:46AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced by v9 <[email protected]> on January 2, 2001 via the Bugtraq.
Vulnerable: GTK GTK+ 1.2.8
+ Debian Linux 2.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Redhat Linux 7.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
+ SuSE Linux 7.0
Not Vulnerable:

Solution / Fix

GTK+ Arbitrary Loadable Module Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
A temporary fix is to add the following line of code to line 215 (approximately in GTK 1.2.8 ) of source file gtkmain. The line should read as follows:

env_string = getenv ("GTK_MODULES");

The following line should be added above it:

if(geteuid() == getuid())

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