[Full-disclosure] [ MDVSA-2009:057 ] valgrind

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2009:057
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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 Package : valgrind
 Date    : February 26, 2009
 Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1, 2009.0
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 Problem Description:

 A vulnerability has been identified and corrected in valgrind:
 
 Untrusted search path vulnerability in valgrind before 3.4.0
 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a Trojan horse
 .valgrindrc file in the current working directory, as demonstrated
 using a malicious --db-command options. NOTE: the severity of this
 issue has been disputed, but CVE is including this issue because
 execution of a program from an untrusted directory is a common
 scenario. (CVE-2008-4865)
 
 The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.
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 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4865
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 Updated Packages:

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
 7d2fdce148a8c9883262ff3d6b2cf843  
2008.0/i586/valgrind-3.2.3-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 
 a204fd31df3f302c19b8e6c74bd58eb1  
2008.0/SRPMS/valgrind-3.2.3-2.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
 dfe5025371c9dc804b71e84081a62743  
2008.0/x86_64/valgrind-3.2.3-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 
 a204fd31df3f302c19b8e6c74bd58eb1  
2008.0/SRPMS/valgrind-3.2.3-2.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.1:
 c8df0a495d0d70b8dd619044440037e2  
2008.1/i586/valgrind-3.3.0-3.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 
 391e202fc7f592ba63280a34245bb255  
2008.1/SRPMS/valgrind-3.3.0-3.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64:
 2e16854eec6bc05f5a6d39e1fef120be  
2008.1/x86_64/valgrind-3.3.0-3.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 
 391e202fc7f592ba63280a34245bb255  
2008.1/SRPMS/valgrind-3.3.0-3.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2009.0:
 c61e803ffafdcfbf889b604dec79fa4e  
2009.0/i586/valgrind-3.3.1-2.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm 
 49a62badfb184864bd5764f1d3b8280b  
2009.0/SRPMS/valgrind-3.3.1-2.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64:
 b0b4fecae9ffd5613c4ebfcb369ba23f  
2009.0/x86_64/valgrind-3.3.1-2.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm 
 49a62badfb184864bd5764f1d3b8280b  
2009.0/SRPMS/valgrind-3.3.1-2.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm
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 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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