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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-064

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-064
Posted Mar 12, 2008
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - A flaw in how tomboy handles LD_LIBRARY_PATH was discovered where by appending paths to LD_LIBRARY_PATH the program would also search the current directory for shared libraries. In directories containing network data, those libraries could be injected into the application.

tags | advisory
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2005-4790
SHA-256 | 3344f62b9cd92658b0f5784495d5ca01a5252b0fb139aef56d3711d6e64c80e2

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-064

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:064
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : tomboy
Date : March 7, 2008
Affected: 2007.1, 2008.0
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Problem Description:

A flaw in how tomboy handles LD_LIBRARY_PATH was discovered where by
appending paths to LD_LIBRARY_PATH the program would also search the
current directory for shared libraries. In directories containing
network data, those libraries could be injected into the application.

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4790
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2007.1:
e4fec795476776d6cdeb2b875dde8c17 2007.1/i586/tomboy-0.6.1-3.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
b3f45b1dfc59d49c770529b1d2458c61 2007.1/SRPMS/tomboy-0.6.1-3.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64:
a73e1c14a26e577b6306b70ff2084e74 2007.1/x86_64/tomboy-0.6.1-3.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
b3f45b1dfc59d49c770529b1d2458c61 2007.1/SRPMS/tomboy-0.6.1-3.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
e200a429f743429bfd741ce9f8c71152 2008.0/i586/tomboy-0.8.0-1.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
54b18c82a1f0037a94c394a0203cb3bc 2008.0/SRPMS/tomboy-0.8.0-1.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
6698979ccf4f777c5111794f63a82604 2008.0/x86_64/tomboy-0.8.0-1.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
54b18c82a1f0037a94c394a0203cb3bc 2008.0/SRPMS/tomboy-0.8.0-1.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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