diff -up libtool-1.5.24/libltdl/ltdl.c.relativepath libtool-1.5.24/libltdl/ltdl.c
--- libtool-1.5.24/libltdl/ltdl.c.relativepath	2007-06-01 07:04:54.000000000 +0200
+++ libtool-1.5.24/libltdl/ltdl.c	2007-07-24 12:56:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -3225,7 +3225,9 @@ try_dlopen (phandle, filename)
 	}
       if (!file)
 	{
-	  file = fopen (filename, LT_READTEXT_MODE);
+	  /* don't open .la files in current directory, root might get tricked to run a binary in a prepared directory */
+	  if(!strncmp((filename + strlen(filename) - 3), LTDL_ARCHIVE_EXT,3) || strstr(filename,"/"))
+	    file = fopen (filename, LT_READTEXT_MODE);
 	}
 
       /* If we didn't find the file by now, it really isn't there.  Set