CVE-2001-0169
When using the LD_PRELOAD environmental variable in SUID or SGID applications, glibc does not verify that preloaded libraries in /etc/ld.so.cache are also SUID/SGID, which could allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary files by loading a library from /lib or /usr/lib.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2001-03-26
- Last modified
- 2024-08-08
Affected products
- Mandrake Linux (Mandrakesoft)
- Mandrake Linux Corporate Server (Mandrakesoft)
- Linux (Redhat)
- Secure Linux (Trustix)
- Turbolinux (Turbolinux)
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/turbolinux/2001-q1/0004.html
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-007.0.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-039
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-012.php3?dis=7.2
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_001_glibc_txt.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/157650
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2223
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5971
