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CVE-2001-0170

CVE information

Published

23 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

Impact Analysis

Description

glibc 2.1.9x and earlier does not properly clear the RESOLV_HOST_CONF, HOSTALIASES, or RES_OPTIONS environmental variables when executing setuid/setgid programs, which could allow local users to read arbitrary files..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Low
Base Score
2.1/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:graficas:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:7.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:ecommerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.0es:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -