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GLSA-200904-03 : Gnumeric: Untrusted search path

medium Nessus Plugin ID 36086

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200904-03 (Gnumeric: Untrusted search path)

 James Vega reported an untrusted search path vulnerability in the GObject Python interpreter wrapper in Gnumeric.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could entice a user to run Gnumeric from a directory containing a specially crafted python module, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Gnumeric.
 Workaround :

 Do not run 'gnumeric' from untrusted working directories.

Solution

All Gnumeric users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/gnumeric-1.8.4-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200904-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 36086

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200904-03.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 4/6/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gnumeric, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0318

BID: 33438

GLSA: 200904-03