ruby: dlopen could open a library with tainted library name

The Fiddle::Handle implementation in ext/fiddle/handle.c in Ruby before 2.0.0-p648, 2.1 before 2.1.8, and 2.2 before 2.2.4, as distributed in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 and other products, mishandles tainting, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of...

ruby: dlopen could open a library with tainted library name

DL::dlopen in Ruby 1.8, 1.9.0, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 2.0.0 before patchlevel 648, and 2.1 before 2.1.8 opens libraries with tainted names...

ruby: missing "taintness" checks in dl module

The dl module in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 through r18423 does not check "taintness" of inputs, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe levels and execute dangerous functions by accessing a library using DL.dlopen...

ruby: dlopen could open a library with tainted library name

DL::dlopen in Ruby 1.8, 1.9.0, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 2.0.0 before patchlevel 648, and 2.1 before 2.1.8 opens libraries with tainted names...

ruby: missing "taintness" checks in dl module

The dl module in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 through r18423 does not check "taintness" of inputs, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe levels and execute dangerous functions by accessing a library using DL.dlopen...

Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: glibc (UTSA-2026-005215)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-005215 advisory. Untrusted LDLIBRARYPATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library version 2.27 to 2.38 allows attacker controlled loading of dynamically shared library...

MiracleLinux 8 : glibc-2.28-251.el8_10.22 (AXSA:2025-10009:07)

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2025-10009:07 advisory. glibc: static setuid binary dlopen may incorrectly search LDLIBRARYPATH CVE-2025-4802 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from th...

MiracleLinux 9 : glibc-2.34-168.el9_6.19 (AXSA:2025-10672:12)

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2025-10672:12 advisory. glibc: static setuid binary dlopen may incorrectly search LDLIBRARYPATH CVE-2025-4802 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from th...

Unity Linux 20.1050a / 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: glibc (UTSA-2025-177646)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-177646 advisory. Untrusted LDLIBRARYPATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library version 2.27 to 2.38 allows attacker controlled loading of dynamically shared library...

RLSA-2025:8655 Moderate: glibc security update

The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries libc, POSIX thread libraries libpthread, standard math libraries libm, and the name service cache daemon nscd used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly. Security Fixes: glibc:...

CLSA-2025-1758892548 glibc: Fix of CVE-2025-4802

CVE-2025-4802: prevent untrusted LDLIBRARYPATH from loading dynamically shared libraries in statically compiled binaries that call dlopen...

CLSA-2025-1757700003 glibc: Fix of CVE-2025-4802

CVE-2025-4802: prevent untrusted LDLIBRARYPATH from loading dynamically shared libraries in statically compiled binaries that call dlopen...

CLSA-2025-1757690477 glibc: Fix of CVE-2025-4802

CVE-2025-4802: prevent untrusted LDLIBRARYPATH from loading dynamically shared libraries in statically compiled binaries that call dlopen...

EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2025-2123)

According to the versions of the glibc packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : Untrusted LDLIBRARYPATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library version 2.27 to 2.38 allows attacker controlled loading of...

EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2025-2124)

According to the versions of the glibc packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : Untrusted LDLIBRARYPATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library version 2.27 to 2.38 allows attacker controlled loading of...

Untrusted LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library version 2.27 to 2.38 allows attacker controlled loading of dynamically shared library in statically compiled setuid binaries that call dlopen (including internal dlopen calls after setlocale or calls to NSS functions such as getaddrinfo).

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EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2025-1951)

According to the versions of the glibc packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : Untrusted LDLIBRARYPATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library version 2.27 to 2.38 allows attacker controlled loading of...

EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2025-1925)

According to the versions of the glibc packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : Untrusted LDLIBRARYPATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library version 2.27 to 2.38 allows attacker controlled loading of...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2025-1951)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

ROS-20250722-04

Vulnerability of the glibc system library dlopen function is related to the use of an insecure search path for executable programs when processing the LDLIBRARYPATH variable. executable programs when processing the LDLIBRARYPATH variable. Exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an attacker...