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GHSA-GJJ4-R6J8-99MM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 05:52 – Updated: 2022-05-17 05:52

Details

Untrusted search path vulnerability in valgrind before 3.4.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a Trojan horse .valgrindrc file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using a malicious --db-command options. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed, but CVE is including this issue because execution of a program from an untrusted directory is a common scenario.

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CVE-2008-4865 (GCVE-0-2008-4865)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-31 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

8 references

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/28/5	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/27/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/5	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/9	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-03.xml	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Date Public

2008-10-27 00:00

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GHSA-GJJ4-R6J8-99MM

CVE-2008-4865 (GCVE-0-2008-4865)

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