CVE-2012-4425

Description

libgio, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in spice-gtk and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do not cleanse environment variables, not in libgio itself.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857283

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55555

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/17/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/14/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/12/6

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1284.html

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.extras.cvs/853051

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3