Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : eglibc, glibc vulnerability (USN-1009-2)

USN-1009-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the GNU C library. Colin Watson discovered that the fixes were incomplete and introduced flaws with setuid programs loading libraries that used dynamic string tokens in their RPATH. If the 'man' program was installed setuid, a local attacker could exploit this ...

[SECURITY] [DSA 2122-2] New glibc packages fix privilege escalation

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2122-2 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Florian Weimer January 11, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

DSA-2122-2 glibc - privilege escalation

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CVE-2010-3847

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...

DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3847

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...

Directory traversal

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...

CVE-2010-3847

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...

CVE-2010-3847

Glbic ld.so (GNU C Library) contains a local privilege escalation in the dynamic linker due to improper handling of the LD_AUDIT environment variable with the $ORIGIN token. A crafted DSO in an arbitrary directory can be loaded when executing a setuid/setgid binary, enabling privilege escalation....

CVE-2010-3856

ld.so in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.11.3, and 2.12.x before 2.12.2, does not properly restrict use of the LDAUDIT environment variable to reference dynamic shared objects DSOs as audit objects, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging an unsafe DSO located in a...

CVE-2010-3856

CVE-2010-3856 affects glibc's dynamic linker (ld.so). Local users can escalate privileges by abusing LD_AUDIT to load an unsafe DSO from a trusted library directory. Concrete details: affected components are ld.so in glibc before 2.11.3 and 2.12.x before 2.12.2; the underlying issue is improper L...

CVE-2010-3856

ld.so in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.11.3, and 2.12.x before 2.12.2, does not properly restrict use of the LDAUDIT environment variable to reference dynamic shared objects DSOs as audit objects, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging an unsafe DSO located in a...

VMSA-2011-0001 : VMware ESX third-party updates for Service Console packages glibc, sudo, and openldap

a. Service Console update for glibc The service console packages glibc, glibc-common, and nscd are each updated to version 2.5-34.4908.vmw. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the names CVE-2010-3847 and CVE-2010-3856 to the issues addressed in this update...

VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console packages glibc, sudo, and openldap

a. Service Console update for glibcThe service console packages glibc, glibc-common, and nscd are each updated to version 2.5-34.4908.vmw. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the names CVE-2010-3847 and CVE-2010-3856 to the issues addressed in this update...

VMSA-2011-0001:VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console packages glibc, sudo, and openldap

VMSA-2011-0001.3 VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console packages glibc, sudo, and openldap VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2011-0001.3 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console packages glibc, sudo, and...

GNU glibc - regcomp() Stack Exhaustion Denial of Service

GNU glibc - regcomp Stack Exhaustion Denial of Service // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45233/info GNU glibc is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability due to stack exhaustion. Successful exploits will allow attackers to make the affected computer unresponsive, denying service to...

GNU glibc - 'regcomp()' Stack Exhaustion Denial of Service

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45233/info GNU glibc is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability due to stack exhaustion. Successful exploits will allow attackers to make the affected computer unresponsive, denying service to legitimate users. This issue affects unknown versions of...

Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2010-16308

Check for the Version of glibc OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2010-16308 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms...

SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : glibc (SAT Patch Numbers 3392 / 3393)

This update of glibc fixes various bugs and security issues : - Decoding of the $ORIGIN special value in various LD environment variables allowed local attackers to execute code in context of e.g. setuid root programs, elevating privileges. This issue does not affect SUSE as an assertion triggers...

SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : popt (SAT Patch Numbers 2647 / 2648)

This update fixes a security problem where RPM misses to clear the SUID/SGID bit of old files during package updates. CVE-2010-2059 Also the following bugs were fixed : - make 'rpmconfigcheck status' exit with 4 bnc592269 - do not use glibc for passwd/group lookups when --root is used bnc536256 -...

Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2010-16851

Check for the Version of glibc OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2010-16851 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms...