UBUNTU-CVE-2010-3393

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3393
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2010/UBUNTU-CVE-2010-3393.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2010-3393
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:40Z
Published
2010-10-20T18:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:16:58.185094Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

magics-config in Magics++ 2.10.0 places a zero-length directory name in the LDLIBRARYPATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / magics++

Package

Name
magics++
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/magics++@2.18.15-5?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.18.15-5

Affected versions

2.*
2.18.15-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libmagics++-data",
            "binary_version": "2.18.15-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmagics++-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.18.15-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmagics++-metview-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.18.15-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmagplus3",
            "binary_version": "2.18.15-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "magics++",
            "binary_version": "2.18.15-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-magics++",
            "binary_version": "2.18.15-5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2010/UBUNTU-CVE-2010-3393.json"