CVE-2009-3736

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    CVE-2009-3736

    Published: 29 Nov 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: ltdl.c in libltdl in GNU Libtool 1.5.x, and 2.2.6 before 2.2.6b, as used in Ham Radio Control Libraries, Q, and possibly other products, attempts to open a .la file in the current working directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/37414, http://secunia.com/advisories/37489, http://secunia.com/advisories/37997, http://secunia.com/advisories/38190, http://secunia.com/advisories/38577, http://secunia.com/advisories/38617, http://secunia.com/advisories/38696, http://secunia.com/advisories/38915, http://secunia.com/advisories/39299, http://secunia.com/advisories/39347, http://secunia.com/advisories/43617, http://secunia.com/advisories/55721, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201311-10.xml, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:307, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:035, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:091, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:105, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0574, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html, ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.2.6a-2.2.6b.diff.gz, http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libtool.git/commit/?h=branch-1-5&id=29b48580df75f0c5baa2962548a4c101ec7ed7ec, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2009-11/msg00059.html, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2009-11/msg00065.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37128, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537941, http://hamlib.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/hamlib/trunk/libltdl/Makefile.am?revision=2841&view=markup, http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035133.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035168.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054656.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054915.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054921.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html, http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074869, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0039.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11687, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6951, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01512.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High