Package: root-system-proofd Version: 5.18.00-2.4 Severity: grave Tags: security User: t...@security.debian.org Usertags: ldpath
Hello, During a review of the Debian archive, I've found your package to contain a script that can be abused by an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is introduced by an insecure change to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, an environment variable used by ld.so(8) to look for libraries on a directory other than the standard paths. Vulnerable code follows: /usr/bin/proofserv line 6: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$rootplugins When there's an empty item on the colon-separated list of LD_LIBRARY_PATH, ld.so treats it as '.' (i.e. CWD/$PWD.) If the given script is executed from a directory where a potential, local, attacker can write files to, there's a chance to exploit this bug. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE id CVE-2010-3376. Please make sure you mention it when forwarding this report to upstream and when fixing this bug (everywhere: upstream and here at Debian.) [0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3376 [1] http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3376 Sincerely, Raphael Geissert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
