FrSIRT - Mandriva Security Update Fixes Tomboy Untrusted Search Path Issue / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Mandriva Security Update Fixes Tomboy Untrusted Search Path Issue

Title : Mandriva Security Update Fixes Tomboy Untrusted Search Path Issue
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0817
CVE ID : CVE-2005-4790
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-03-10

Advisory Details

Description

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Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Mandriva, which could be exploited by local attackers to potentially obtain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by an error in Tomboy. For additional information, see : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-3816

ChangeLog

2008-03-10 : Initial release

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