libgio, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in spice-gtk and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do not cleanse environment variables, not in libgio itself.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4360 libgio, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in spice-gtk and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do not cleanse environment variables, not in libgio itself.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:35:09.731Z

Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-4425

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-09-18T17:55:08.020

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-4425

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-09-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-4425 - Bugzilla

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