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CVE-2011-4060

Published: Oct 18, 2011

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The runtime linker in QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.5.0 before Service Pack 1 does not properly clear the LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT and LD_DEBUG environment variables when a program is spawned from a setuid program, which allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

20110629 Breaking the links: Exploiting the linker

mailing-list

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http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/6.5.0_sp1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.qnx.doc.momentics_release_notes%2Frel_6.5.0_SP1.html

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http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20110310.txt.asc

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vdb-entry

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http://www.qnx.com/developers/articles/rel_5189_46.html

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vdb-entry

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20110311 Medium severity flaw in QNX Neutrino RTOS

mailing-list

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third-party-advisory

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