ktsuss versions 1.4 and prior spawns the GTK interface to run as root. This can allow a local attacker to escalate privileges to root and use the “GTK_MODULES” environment variable to possibly execute arbitrary code.
[
{
"product": "ktsuss",
"vendor": "ktsuss",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "1.4 and prior"
}
]
}
]
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2922
lwn.net/Articles/477678/
packetstormsecurity.com/files/109154/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201201-15.html
packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2011-2922
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2922
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-LINUX-KTSUSS-174466
www.securityfocus.com/bid/49151