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CVE-2023-4911

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CVE-2023-4911

Published: Oct 3, 2023

Modified: May 12, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.

VendorProductVersions

Unknown

glibc

affected
2.34 - < 2.39

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

unaffected
0:2.28-225.el8_8.6 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

unaffected
0:2.28-225.el8_8.6 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

unaffected
0:2.28-189.6.el8_6 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

unaffected
0:2.34-60.el9_2.7 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

unaffected
0:2.34-60.el9_2.7 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

unaffected
0:2.34-28.el9_0.4 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

unaffected
0:2.28-189.6.el8_6 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

unaffected
0:4.5.3-10.el8ev - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

unaffected
0:4.5.3-202312060823_8.6 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

All versions

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

All versions

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

All versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

RHSA-2023:5453
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2023:5454
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2023:5455
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2023:5476
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2024:0033
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHBZ#2238352
issue-tracking
x_refsource_REDHAT

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