CVE-2005-3149

Description

Uim 0.4.x before 0.4.9.1 and 0.5.0 and earlier does not properly handle the LIBUIM_VANILLA environment variable when a suid or sgid application is linked to libuim, such as immodule for Qt, which allows local users to gain privileges.

4.6

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.10%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/uim/2005-September/001347.html	mailing list patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15007	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1947	vdb entry
http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/uim/2005-September/001346.html	mailing list patch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015002	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/17058	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17572	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1946	vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-895	vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-03.xml	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17043	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=331620	patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3149?: CVE-2005-3149 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3149?: To fix CVE-2005-3149, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3149 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2005-3149 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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