CVE-2023-4911
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-03 17:25
Modified
2024-11-23 01:12
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5453Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5454Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5455Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5476Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0033Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4911Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2238352Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.qualys.com/2023/10/03/cve-2023-4911/looney-tunables-local-privilege-escalation-glibc-ld-so.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.qualys.com/cve-2023-4911/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174986/glibc-ld.so-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176288/Glibc-Tunables-Privilege-Escalation.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/05/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/13/11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/14/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/14/5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/14/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5453Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5454Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5455Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5476Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0033Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4911Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2238352Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4DBUQRRPB47TC3NJOUIBVWUGFHBJAFDL/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DFG4P76UHHZEWQ26FWBXG76N2QLKKPZA/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDAQWHTSVOCOZ5K6KPIWKRT3JX4RTZUR/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-03
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231013-0006/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5514
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.qualys.com/2023/10/03/cve-2023-4911/looney-tunables-local-privilege-escalation-glibc-ld-so.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.qualys.com/cve-2023-4911/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:2.28-225.el8_8.6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:2.28-225.el8_8.6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:2.28-189.6.el8_6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-60.el9_2.7   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:2.34-60.el9_2.7   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:2.34-28.el9_0.4   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::baseos
Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:2.28-189.6.el8_6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos
Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:4.5.3-10.el8ev   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8
Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:4.5.3-202312060823_8.6   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2023-11-21

Due date: 2023-12-12

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. Please check with specific vendors for information on patching status. For more information, please see: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=1056e5b4c3f2d90ed2b4a55f96add28da2f4c8fa, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-4911, https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5514 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4911

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