CVE-2000-0959
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 22, 2001
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 24, 2000
Description
glibc2 does not properly clear the LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT and LD_DEBUG environmental variables when a program is spawned from a setuid program, which could allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 1719vdb-entry
- glibc-unset-symlink(5299)vdb-entry
- 20000926 ld.so bug - LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT follows symlinksmailing-list
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