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CVE-2010-4005 Details

Description

The (1) tomboy and (2) tomboy-panel scripts in GNOME Tomboy 1.5.2 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. NOTE: vector 1 exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2005-4790.2.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644606 CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:035 CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0457 CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html [email protected]

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gnome tomboy
<= 1.5.2
1.0.1
1.2.2
1.4.2
1.5.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:tomboy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:tomboy:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:tomboy:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:tomboy:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:tomboy:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4005
NVD Published Date:
Nov 6, 2010
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2010-4005 Details - Not Deferred