Title: Gentoo Linux XnView Insecure RPATH Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
Gentoo Linux XnView is susceptible to an insecure RPATH vulnerability. This issue results from a design error that may allow local attackers to execute code with the privileges of a user that executes the application.
The vulnerability exists because the insecure DT_RPATH field used by the application may include world-writeable directories in the path. A local attacker could exploit this issue by placing malicious libraries in the directories, which would be dynamically linked against at run-time when the application is executed. This would result in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of a user that executes the application.
Gentoo Linux XnView versions prior to 1.70-r1 are vulnerable to this issue.
Affected Products:
- Gentoo x11-misc/xnview 0.0.0
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