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CVE-2008-2366 (GCVE-0-2008-2366)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-06-16 18:26 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:58
VLAI
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for OpenOffice.org (OOo) 1.1.x on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4 allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious library in the current working directory, related to incorrect quoting of the ORIGIN symbol for use in the RPATH library path.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450532 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/30633 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29695 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-05… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020278 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2008-06-12 00:00
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