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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200711-12 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Tomboy: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code |
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Date: November 08, 2007 |
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Bugs: #189249 |
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ID: 200711-12 |
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Synopsis |
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Tomboy doesn't properly handle environment variables, potentially |
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allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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Tomboy is a GTK-based desktop note-taking application written in C# and |
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the Mono C#. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-misc/tomboy < 0.8.1-r1 >= 0.8.1-r1 |
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Description |
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Jan Oravec reported that the "/usr/bin/tomboy" script sets the |
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"LD_LIBRARY_PATH" environment variable incorrectly, which might result |
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in the current working directory (.) to be included when searching for |
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dynamically linked libraries of the Mono Runtime application. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could entice a user into running Tomboy in a directory |
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containing a specially crafted library file to execute arbitrary code |
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with the privileges of the user running Tomboy. |
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Workaround |
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Do not run Tomboy from an untrusted working directory. |
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Resolution |
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All Tomboy users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/tomboy-0.8.1-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2005-4790 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4790 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-12.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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