PT-2009-3440 · Opensuse+1 · Opensuse+1

Published 2009-03-11 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2009-0848

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenSUSE versions 11.0 through 11.1

Description The issue is related to an untrusted search path vulnerability in GTK2, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse GTK module in a relative search path.

Recommendations For OpenSUSE versions 11.0 and 11.1, consider restricting access to the GTK module loading mechanism to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available.

Fix

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0848

Affected Products

Gtk2

Opensuse

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0848 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49228 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34259 · Note