Executive Summary

Summary
Title Gnumeric: Untrusted search path
Informations
Name GLSA-200904-03 First vendor Publication 2009-04-03
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2009-04-03
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

An untrusted search path vulnerability in Gnumeric might result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

The Gnumeric spreadsheet is a versatile application developed as part of the GNOME Office project.

Description

James Vega reported an untrusted search path vulnerability in the GObject Python interpreter wrapper in Gnumeric.

Impact

A local attacker could entice a user to run Gnumeric from a directory containing a specially crafted python module, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Gnumeric.

Workaround

Do not run "gnumeric" from untrusted working directories.

Resolution

All Gnumeric users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/gnumeric-1.8.4-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-0318 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0318

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-03.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-03.xml

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-12-30 Name : Fedora Core 12 FEDORA-2009-12950 (gtk2)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_12950.nasl
2009-06-05 Name : Ubuntu USN-723-1 (git-core)
File : nvt/ubuntu_723_1.nasl
2009-04-06 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200904-03 (gnumeric)
File : nvt/glsa_200904_03.nasl
2009-02-23 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:043 (gnumeric)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_043.nasl
2009-02-13 Name : Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-1295 (gnumeric)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_1295.nasl
2009-02-10 Name : Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-1289 (gnumeric)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_1289.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
53000 Gnumeric GObject Python Interpreter Wrapper Search Path Subversion Arbitrary ...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-1289.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-043.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-06 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200904-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-05 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-1295.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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