CVE-2009-3736
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
ltdl.c in libltdl in GNU Libtool 1.5.x, and 2.2.6 before 2.2.6b, as used in Ham Radio Control Libraries, Q, and possibly other products, attempts to open a .la file in the current working directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (34th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3708)
- Published
- November 29, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3708 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / libtool
- gnu / libtool
- gnu / libtool
- gnu / libtool
- gnu / libtool
- gnu / libtool
- gnu / libtool
- gnu / libtool
- gnu / libtool
- gnu / libtool
- gnu / libtool
- gnu / libtool
- gnu / libtool
- gnu / libtool
- gnu / libtool
References
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.2.6a-2.2.6b.diff.gz(Patch)
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libtool.git/commit/?h=branch-1-5&id=29b48580df75f0c5baa2962548a4c101ec7ed7ec(Patch)
- http://hamlib.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/hamlib/trunk/libltdl/Makefile.am?revision=2841&view=markup
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035133.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035168.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054656.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054915.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054921.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2009-11/msg00059.html(Patch)
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2009-11/msg00065.html(Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37414(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37489(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37997
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38190
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38577
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38617
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38696
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39299
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39347
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43617
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55721
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201311-10.xml
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074869
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:307
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:035
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:091
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:105
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0039.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37128(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0574
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537941(Patch)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11687
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6951
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01512.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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