GLSA 201402-05: Banshee: Arbitrary code execution

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Severity:	low
Title:	Banshee: Arbitrary code execution
Date:	02/05/2014
Bugs:	#345567
ID:	201402-05

Synopsis

An environment variable processing error has been reported in Banshee, possibly allowing local attacker to load a specially crafted shared library.

Background

Banshee is a multimedia management and playback application for GNOME.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-sound/banshee	< 1.8.0-r1	>= 1.8.0-r1	All supported architectures

Description

Banshee places a zero-length directory name in PATH, which allows libraries to be loaded from the working directory.

Impact

A local attacker could put specially crafted library into working directory of Banshee, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Banshee users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/banshee-1.8.0-r1"

NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since November 17, 2010. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.

References

CVE-2010-3998

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-05.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.