Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : banshee (MDVSA-2011:034)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 52060

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in banshee :

The (1) banshee-1 and (2) muinshee scripts in Banshee 1.8.0 and earlier place a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory (CVE-2010-3998).

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The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 52060

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2011-034.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 2/22/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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: cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:banshee, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:banshee-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:banshee-ipod, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:banshee-karma, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:banshee-mtp

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3998

BID: 44752

MDVSA: 2011:034

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