7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Ben Hawkes and Tavis Ormandy discovered that the dynamic loader in GNU
libc allows local users to gain root privileges using a crafted
LD_AUDIT environment variable.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.7-18lenny6.
For the upcoming stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been
fixed in version 2.11.2-6+squeeze1 of the eglibc package.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your glibc packages.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
glibc | eq | 2.7-18lenny2 | |
glibc | eq | 2.7-18lenny6 | |
glibc | eq | 2.7-18lenny4 | |
glibc | eq | 2.7-18 | |
glibc | eq | 2.7-18lenny1 |