CVE-2008-4865

Untrusted search path vulnerability in valgrind before 3.4.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a Trojan horse .valgrindrc file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using a malicious --db-command options. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed, but CVE is including this issue because execution of a program from an untrusted directory is a common scenario.

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/27/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/28/5
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=200901032045.17604.jseward%40acm.org&forum_name=valgrind-announce
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-03.xml

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:2.4.1:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:1.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:*:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:3.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:3.3.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:3.3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:3.3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:valgrind:valgrind:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Published : 2008-11-01 12:00

Updated : 2009-03-30 04:00

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NVD link : CVE-2008-4865

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4865

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