CVE-2010-3999 Information

Description

gnc-test-env in GnuCash 2.3.15 and earlier places 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.

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050269.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050164.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050177.html http://secunia.com/advisories/42048 http://secunia.com/advisories/42054 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:241 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44563 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2848 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2898 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3060 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644933