CVE-2011-1658

high

Description

ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier expands the $ORIGIN dynamic string token when RPATH is composed entirely of this token, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link in an arbitrary directory to a (1) setuid or (2) setgid program with this RPATH value, and then executing the program with a crafted value for the LD_PRELOAD environment variable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3847 and CVE-2011-0536. NOTE: it is not expected that any standard operating-system distribution would ship an applicable setuid or setgid program.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66820

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667974

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12393

http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-04-08

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High