First published: Mon Mar 26 2001(Updated: )
When using the LD_PRELOAD environmental variable in SUID or SGID applications, glibc does not verify that preloaded libraries in /etc/ld.so.cache are also SUID/SGID, which could allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary files by loading a library from /lib or /usr/lib.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux | =7.2 | |
Trustix Secure Linux | =1.1 | |
Redhat Linux | =6.1 | |
Redhat Linux | =6.2 | |
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux | =7.0 | |
Redhat Linux | =6.0 | |
Redhat Linux | =6.1 | |
Redhat Linux | =6.0 | |
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server | =1.0.1 | |
Turbolinux Turbolinux | <=6.0.5 | |
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux | =7.1 | |
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux | =6.0 | |
Redhat Linux | =6.2 | |
Turbolinux Turbolinux | =6.1 | |
Redhat Linux | =6.0 | |
Trustix Secure Linux | =1.2 | |
Redhat Linux | =6.1 | |
Redhat Linux | =6.2 | |
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux | =6.1 |
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