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Access Restriction Bypass The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package glib2.0  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2010-GLIB20-1029052
  • published18 Sept 2012
  • disclosed18 Sept 2012
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Introduced: 18 Sep 2012

CVE-2012-4425  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glib2.0 package and not the glib2.0 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

libgio, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in spice-gtk and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do not cleanse environment variables, not in libgio itself.