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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200902-03.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200902-03">
<title>Valgrind: Untrusted search path</title>
<synopsis>
An untrusted search path vulnerability in Valgrind might result in the
execution of arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">valgrind</product>
<announced>February 12, 2009</announced>
<revised>February 12, 2009: 01</revised>
<bug>245317</bug>
<access>local</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-util/valgrind" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">3.4.0</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">3.4.0</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
Valgrind is an open-source memory debugger.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Tavis Ormandy reported that Valgrind loads a .valgrindrc file in the
current working directory, executing commands specified there.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>
A local attacker could prepare a specially crafted .valgrindrc file and
entice a user to run Valgrind from the directory containing that file,
resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user running Valgrind.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
Do not run "valgrind" from untrusted working directories.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All Valgrind users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=dev-util/valgrind-3.4.0&quot;</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4865">CVE-2008-4865</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:33:22 +0000">
rbu
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:46:15 +0000">
rbu
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:47:39 +0000">
rbu
</metadata>
</glsa>