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CVE-2001-0169
Published: May 7, 2001
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
SuSE-SA:2001:01
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
DSA-039
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
linux-glibc-preload-overwrite(5971)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
2223
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
20010121 Trustix Security Advisory - glibc
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
MDKSA-2001:012
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRAKE
RHSA-2001:002
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
TLSA2000021-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_TURBO
CSSA-2001-007
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_CALDERA
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