CVEvulnerability
CVE-2005-0503
4.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2005-02-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
uim before 0.4.5.1 trusts certain environment variables when libUIM is used in setuid or setgid applications, which allows local users to gain privileges.
Affected configurations
• uim uim 0.4.5
• mandrakesoft mandrake linux 10.1
References
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/uim/2005-February/000996.html Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13981 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:046 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12604 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/uim/2005-February/000996.html Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13981 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:046 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12604 Patch, Vendor Advisory