GNU C Library 2.x (libc6) - Dynamic Linker LD_AUDIT Arbitrary DSO Load Privilege Escalation

GNU C Library 2.x libc6 - Dynamic Linker LDAUDIT Arbitrary DSO Load Privilege Escalation Source: http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=128776663124692&w=2 The GNU C library dynamic linker will dlopen arbitrary DSOs during setuid loads...

glibc, nscd security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2010:0787 Updated glibc packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base...

glibc: ld.so insecure handling of $ORIGIN in LD_AUDIT for setuid/setgid programs

elf/dl-load.c in ld.so in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 through 2.11.2, and 2.12.x through 2.12.1, does not properly handle a value of $ORIGIN for the LDAUDIT environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object DSO located in an arbitrary...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security update

Updated glibc packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

GNU C Library Dynamic Linker $ORIGIN Expansion Vulnerability

The GNU C library dynamic linker expands $ORIGIN in setuid library search path ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gruezi, This is CVE-2010-3847. The dynamic linker or dynamic loader is responsible for the runtime linking of dynamically linked programs...

GNU C library dynamic linker $ORIGIN expansion Vulnerability

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits ============================================================ GNU C library dynamic linker $ORIGIN expansion Vulnerability ============================================================ The GNU C library dynamic linker expands $ORIGIN in setuid...

GNU C library dynamic linker - '$ORIGIN' Expansion

from: http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=128739684614072&w=2 The GNU C library dynamic linker expands $ORIGIN in setuid library search path ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gruezi, This is CVE-2010-3847. The dynamic linker or dynamic loader is...

GNU C library dynamic linker - $ORIGIN Expansion

GNU C library dynamic linker - $ORIGIN Expansion from: http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=128739684614072&w=2 The GNU C library dynamic linker expands $ORIGIN in setuid library search path ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gruezi, This is...

PT-2009-4355 · Pulseaudio · Pulseaudio

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: PulseAudio versions 0.9.9 through 0.9.14 Description: A race condition exists that allows local users to gain privileges. This issue involves the creation of a hard link and is related to the application setting LD BIND NOW to 1, and then...

CVE-2009-0606

The linkimage function in linker/linker.c in the dynamic linker in Bionic in Open Handset Alliance Android 1.0 on the T-Mobile G1 phone does not properly handle file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 for a setgid program, which allows local users to create arbitrary files owned by certain groups, possibly ...

PT-2006-6799 · Freebsd · Ld.So

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ld.so in FreeBSD, NetBSD, and possibly other BSD distributions affected versions not specified Description: The issue allows local users to gain privileges by passing certain environment variables to loading processes, as ld.so does not remov...

CVE-2006-3499

The dynamic linker dyld in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified dynamic linker options that affect the use of standard error stderr by privileged applications...

CVE-2006-3500

CVE-2006-3500 affects Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 where the dynamic linker (dyld) may load libraries from a dangerous path due to an improperly handled condition related to an untrusted search path. This local-privilege escalation could allow arbitrary code execution when a privileged process loads a l...

CVE-2006-3500

The dynamic linker dyld in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an "improperly handled condition" that leads to use of "dangerous paths," probably related to an untrusted search path vulnerability...

SUSE-SA:2006:007: binutils,kdelibs3,kdegraphics3,koffice,dia,lyx

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2006:007 binutils,kdelibs3,kdegraphics3,koffice,dia,lyx. A SUSE specific patch to the GNU linker 'ld' removes redundant RPATH and RUNPATH components when linking binaries. Due to a bug in this routine ld occasionally left empty RPATH...

DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1453

GNU glibc 2.3.4 before 2.3.4.20040619, 2.3.3 before 2.3.3.20040420, and 2.3.2 before 2.3.2-r10 does not restrict the use of LDDEBUG for a setuid program, which allows local users to gain sensitive information, such as the list of symbols used by the program...

[SECURITY] New version of ghostscript released

Package : gs Problem type : symlink attack Debian-specific: no ghostscript uses temporary files to do some of its work. Unfortunately the method used to create those files wasnt secure: mktemp was used to create a name for a temporary file, but the file was not opened safely. A second problem is...

minor issue with IBM HTTPD and /usr/bin/ikeyman

Summary: /usr/bin/ikeyman is a shell script installed with setuid root permissions by the IBMHSSSB package on Solaris. The script does not seem to work very well in a Solaris 2.6 environment because of dynamic linker issues; if they are resolved, however, an unprivileged user may then be able to...

CVE-1999-0786

The CVE-1999-0786 entry concerns the Solaris dynamic linker. Vulnerability: a local user can create arbitrary files via the LD_PROFILE environmental variable and a symlink attack affecting the dynamic linker. Affected component: Solaris dynamic linker; root cause: LD_PROFILE manipulation enabling...

Solaris 2.6 - Profiling File Creation

Solaris 2.6 - Profiling File Creation source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/659/info A vulnerability in the dynamic linkers while profiling a shared object allows local users to create arbitrary files in the system. It canno't be used to overwrite existing files. If the LDPROFILE environment...