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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-057

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-057
Posted Feb 26, 2009
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-057 - Untrusted search path vulnerability in valgrind before 3.4.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a Trojan horse .valgrindrc file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using a malicious --db-command options. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed, but CVE is including this issue because execution of a program from an untrusted directory is a common scenario. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.

tags | advisory, arbitrary, local, trojan
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2008-4865
SHA-256 | 84053efc1d16fb6b179a05f51bb8abc2f8d65bdafb3b9bdbbdd207d526c49ccc

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-057

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:057
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : valgrind
Date : February 26, 2009
Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1, 2009.0
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability has been identified and corrected in valgrind:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in valgrind before 3.4.0
allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a Trojan horse
.valgrindrc file in the current working directory, as demonstrated
using a malicious --db-command options. NOTE: the severity of this
issue has been disputed, but CVE is including this issue because
execution of a program from an untrusted directory is a common
scenario. (CVE-2008-4865)

The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4865
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
7d2fdce148a8c9883262ff3d6b2cf843 2008.0/i586/valgrind-3.2.3-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
a204fd31df3f302c19b8e6c74bd58eb1 2008.0/SRPMS/valgrind-3.2.3-2.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
dfe5025371c9dc804b71e84081a62743 2008.0/x86_64/valgrind-3.2.3-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
a204fd31df3f302c19b8e6c74bd58eb1 2008.0/SRPMS/valgrind-3.2.3-2.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.1:
c8df0a495d0d70b8dd619044440037e2 2008.1/i586/valgrind-3.3.0-3.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
391e202fc7f592ba63280a34245bb255 2008.1/SRPMS/valgrind-3.3.0-3.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64:
2e16854eec6bc05f5a6d39e1fef120be 2008.1/x86_64/valgrind-3.3.0-3.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
391e202fc7f592ba63280a34245bb255 2008.1/SRPMS/valgrind-3.3.0-3.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2009.0:
c61e803ffafdcfbf889b604dec79fa4e 2009.0/i586/valgrind-3.3.1-2.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm
49a62badfb184864bd5764f1d3b8280b 2009.0/SRPMS/valgrind-3.3.1-2.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64:
b0b4fecae9ffd5613c4ebfcb369ba23f 2009.0/x86_64/valgrind-3.3.1-2.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm
49a62badfb184864bd5764f1d3b8280b 2009.0/SRPMS/valgrind-3.3.1-2.1mdv2009.0.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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