USN-721-1: fglrx-installer vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 8.10

Packages

• fglrx-installer -

Details

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.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating 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.

References

• https://launchpad.net/bugs/323327