CVE-2006-6165
First published: Wed Nov 29 2006(Updated: )
** DISPUTED ** ld.so in FreeBSD, NetBSD, and possibly other BSD distributions does not remove certain harmful environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges by passing certain environment variables to loading processes. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by a third party, stating that it is the responsibility of the application to properly sanitize the environment.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| NetBSD NetBSD | =2.0.4 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =6.2-stable | |
| =6.2-stable | ||
| =2.0.4 |
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