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CVE-2005-4791 json

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in SUSE Linux 10.0 cause the working directory to be added to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which might a…

published 2005-12-31 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-4784

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in SUSE Linux 10.0 cause the working directory to be added to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) liferea or (2) banshee.

Patch / fix

  • beagle Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.2.13-1
  • liferea Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.4.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4791

  • liferea openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.13.6-2.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11020-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-4791 updated

liferea uses insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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