PT-2010-4761 · Gnome · Gnome-Subtitles

Raphael Geissert · Published 2010-10-20 · Updated 2010-11-03 · CVE-2010-3357

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 gnome-subtitles version 1.0

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory. This is due to gnome-subtitles placing a zero-length directory name in the LD LIBRARY PATH.

Recommendations For gnome-subtitles version 1.0, consider restricting access to the LD LIBRARY PATH environment variable to prevent malicious library loading until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using gnome-subtitles in untrusted environments to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-3357

Affected Products

Gnome-Subtitles

References · 10

• 🔥 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598289 · Exploit
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049275.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049288.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3357 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3357 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-3357 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3357 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049184.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-subtitles/commit/?id=44370dc2a87f7fa0d6c9730979514bd407a37c65 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41807 · Note