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glibc: Incorrect handling of RPATH in elf/dl-load.c can be used to execute code loaded from arbitrary libraries

🗓️ 30 Oct 2018 10:57:09Reported by RedHatType 
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glibc mismanages runtime path origin tokens, enabling current directory libraries.

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IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Public disclosed GNU glibc vulnerabilities used by IBM OS Images for RedHat Linux in IBM PureApplication Systems (CVE-2017-16997 CVE-2018-1000001)
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4 Mar 201905:55
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Amazon		Medium: glibc
6 Dec 201800:00
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Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2018-1109)
7 Dec 201800:00
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Tenable Nessus		CentOS 7 : glibc (CESA-2018:3092)
16 Nov 201800:00
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Tenable Nessus		EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.3 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2019-1257)
4 Apr 201900:00
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10 May 201900:00
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Tenable Nessus		EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2019-1386)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64leglibc0:2.17-260.el7glibc-0:2.17-260.el7.ppc64le.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7s390glibc0:2.17-260.el7glibc-0:2.17-260.el7.s390.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7s390xglibc0:2.17-260.el7glibc-0:2.17-260.el7.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7x86_64glibc0:2.17-260.el7glibc-0:2.17-260.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7anyglibc0:2.17-260.el7.i686glibc-0:2.17-260.el7.i686.noarch.rpm
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27 Jun 2026 03:04Current
7.3High risk
Vulners AI Score7.3
CVSS 37.8
CVSS 29.3
EPSS0.02698
CWE-470
glibcruntime path originprivileged programlibrary loadinglocal privilegetrojan librarycurrent directory
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