CVE-2010-3351

N/A Unknown

Published: October 20, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

startBristol in Bristol 0.60.5 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598285

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050784.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050787.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050805.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/42272

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44335

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2972

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598285