Bug 20444

Summary:	Themes try to use files in /home/raster
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Trond Eivind Glomsrxd <teg>
Component:	gtk-engines	Assignee:	Owen Taylor <otaylor>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.0	CC:	nalin
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Description Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2000-11-06 23:27:40 UTC

Some themes try to access files in /home/raster:

[teg@halden themes]$ find -type f |xargs grep /home/raster
./BeCool/gtk/gtkrc:#module_path ".:/home/raster/themes"
./Gradient/gtk/gtkrc:#module_path ".:/home/raster/themes"
./Notif/gtk/gtkrc:#module_path ".:/home/raster/themes"
./Notif/gtk/gtkrc:pixmap_path ".:/home/raster/themes"
./Pixmap/gtk/gtkrc:#module_path ".:/home/raster/themes"
./Redmond95/gtk/gtkrc:#module_path ".:/home/raster/themes"
./Redmond95/gtk/gtkrc:pixmap_path ".:/home/raster/themes"
[teg@halden themes]$

I discovered this when my computer tried mounting that directory...
Nalin, being the paranoid security guy he is, wonders if this means someone
owning that directory could explot this securitywise...

Comment 1 Owen Taylor 2001-01-17 19:33:37 UTC

Fixed in gtk-engines-0.10-11.

I don't believe there is a real security issue:

 a) The attacker would have to own /home/raster, which probably means
    they are root.

 b) There would have to be an exploitable buffer overflow in libjpeg
    or libpng, which would be a bigger problem for other reasons.
    (like email attachments)