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ELSA-2010-0787 Important: Enterprise Linux glibc security update

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ELSA-2010-0787 Important: Enterprise Linux glibc security update

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

01/07/2011

Created

07/25/2018

Added

12/20/2011

Modified

04/11/2019

Description

elf/dl-load.c in ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.11.2, and 2.12.x through 2.12.1, does not properly handle a value of $ORIGIN for the LD_AUDIT environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) located in an arbitrary directory.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc
oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-common
oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-headers
oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-utils
oracle-linux-upgrade-nscd

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2010-3847
44154
537223
CVE - 2010-3847
DSA-2122
RHSA-2010:0787
RHSA-2010:0872
SUSE-SA:2010:052
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2010-October/001703.html

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