CVE-2011-0536

Vulnerability 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.

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References

• http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2011/msg00005.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/01/3Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/03/2Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43830Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43989Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025289
• http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=96611391ad8823ba58405325d7
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0413.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1009-2
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863Vendor Advisory