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CVE-2011-0536
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in elf/dl-object.c in certain modified versions of the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6), including glibc-2.5-49.el5_5.6 and glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) in a subdirectory of the current working directory during execution of a (1) setuid or (2) setgid program that has $ORIGIN in (a) RPATH or (b) RUNPATH within the program itself or a referenced library. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-3847..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 6.9/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.4/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.5-49.el5_5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12-1.7.el6_0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- |
References
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/701783
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43989
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/01/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/03/2
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2011/msg00005.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667974
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0413.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1009-2
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025289
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43830
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=96611391ad8823ba58405325d78cefeae5