CVE-2010-3998

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-11-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) banshee-1 and (2) muinshee scripts in Banshee 1.8.0 and earlier place a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory. NOTE: Banshee might also be affected using GST_PLUGIN_PATH.

Affected products

Banshee-Project Banshee: through 1.8.0; 0.13.2, 1.0, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.4, 1.4.2 (+17)

References

http://download.banshee.fm/banshee/unstable/1.9.0/banshee-1-1.9.0.news
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050744.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050747.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050756.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42234
http://secunia.com/advisories/42237
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:034
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44752
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2964
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644554
http://download.banshee.fm/banshee/unstable/1.9.0/banshee-1-1.9.0.news
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050744.html

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