Title: Aladdin Ghostscript Arbitrary Shared Library Usage Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
A vulnerability occurs in certain versions of Aladdin Ghostscript, a multiplatform PostScript interpreter.
Improper use of the LD_RUN_PATH environment variable can cause the program to load shared libraries found in the current directory.
An attacker with a malicious shared library could exploit this to execute hostile code on the affected host, potentially elevating their privileges.
Affected Products:
- Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript 4.3.0
- Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript 5.10.0 cl
- Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript 5.10.10
- Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript 5.10.15
- Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript 5.50.0
- Caldera OpenLinux Desktop 2.3.0
- Caldera OpenLinux eBuilder 3.0.0
- Conectiva Linux 4.0.0
- Conectiva Linux 4.0.0 es
- Conectiva Linux 4.1.0
- Conectiva Linux 4.2.0
- Conectiva Linux 5.0.0
- Conectiva Linux 5.1.0
- Debian Linux 2.2.0
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 68k
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 alpha
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 arm
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 powerpc
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 sparc
- HP Secure OS software for Linux 1.0.0
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 6.0.0
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 6.1.0
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 7.0.0
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 7.1.0
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 7.2.0
- RedHat Linux 5.2.0 alpha
- RedHat Linux 5.2.0 i386
- RedHat Linux 5.2.0 sparc
- RedHat Linux 6.2.0 alpha
- RedHat Linux 6.2.0 i386
- RedHat Linux 6.2.0 sparc
- RedHat Linux 7.0.0 J i386
- RedHat Linux 7.0.0 alpha
- RedHat Linux 7.0.0 i386
- RedHat Linux 7.0.0 sparc
- RedHat Linux 7.1.0 alpha
- RedHat Linux 7.1.0 i386
- RedHat Linux 7.1.0 ia64
- SCO eDesktop 2.4.0
- SCO eServer 2.3.0
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