PT-2010-1240 · Brltty+1 · Brltty+1

Published 2010-03-29 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-3279

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions brltty version 3.7.2

Description The issue is related to an untrusted search path vulnerability in the libbrlttybba.so library of brltty, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted library. This is due to an incorrect RPATH setting.

Recommendations For brltty version 3.7.2, consider updating to a newer version that addresses the incorrect RPATH setting to prevent exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3279

RHSA-2010:0181

RHSA-2010_0181

Affected Products

Red Hat

Brltty

References · 8

• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0755 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3279 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0181.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0181 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457942 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11399 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3279 · Note