CVE-2010-2953 Information

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Debian GNU/Linux patch for the couchdb script in CouchDB 0.8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted shared library in the current working directory.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594412 http://secunia.com/advisories/41383 http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2107 http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/blog.php?id=87 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/25/7 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/26/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/26/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/29/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42758 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2341