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<glsa id="200902-03">
  <title>Valgrind: Untrusted search path</title>
  <synopsis>
    An untrusted search path vulnerability in Valgrind might result in the
    execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">valgrind</product>
  <announced>2009-02-12</announced>
  <revised count="01">2009-02-12</revised>
  <bug>245317</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-util/valgrind" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.4.0</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.4.0</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Valgrind is an open-source memory debugger.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Tavis Ormandy reported that Valgrind loads a .valgrindrc file in the
    current working directory, executing commands specified there.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    A local attacker could prepare a specially crafted .valgrindrc file and
    entice a user to run Valgrind from the directory containing that file,
    resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the
    user running Valgrind.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    Do not run "valgrind" from untrusted working directories.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Valgrind users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-util/valgrind-3.4.0"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4865">CVE-2008-4865</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-01-13T17:33:22Z">
    rbu
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-01-13T17:46:15Z">
    rbu
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-01-13T17:47:39Z">
    rbu
  </metadata>
</glsa>
