Upstream information
Description
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 LD_AUDIT environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) located in an arbitrary directory.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
NVD | |
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Base Score | 6.9 |
Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Access Vector | Local |
Access Complexity | Medium |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
Integrity Impact | Complete |
Availability Impact | Complete |
Note from the SUSE Security Team
So far the published reproducer only produces an assertion failure and so the problem does not seem to exploitable. We are still investigating the issue. SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1008255 [RESOLVED / DUPLICATE], 646960 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 648020 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 649949 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 687510 [RESOLVED / FIXED]SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SA:2010:052, published Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:00:00 +0000 openSUSE-SU-2010:0912-1 openSUSE-SU-2010:0913-1 openSUSE-SU-2010:0914-1
List of released packages
Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 |
| Patchnames: slessp0-glibc |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
Product(s) | Source package | State |
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Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 | glibc | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 | glibc | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for SAP Enterprise Search | glibc | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 | glibc | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 | glibc | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS | glibc | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS | glibc | Affected |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 | glibc | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 | glibc | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 | glibc | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 | glibc | Released |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 | glibc | Released |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:37:29 2013CVE page last modified: Mon Sep 9 17:09:33 2024