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Ubuntu USN-721-1 (fglrx-installer)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to fglrx-installer announced via advisory USN-721-1.
Insight
Insight
Marko Lindqvist discovered that the fglrx installer created an unsafe LD_LIBRARY_PATH on 64bit systems. If a user were tricked into downloading specially crafted libraries and running commands in the same directory, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Solution
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.10: xorg-driver-fglrx 2:8.543-0ubuntu4.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-721-1