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FKIE_CVE-2001-0169

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2001-03-26 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 21:53
Severity
Summary
When using the LD_PRELOAD environmental variable in SUID or SGID applications, glibc does not verify that preloaded libraries in /etc/ld.so.cache are also SUID/SGID, which could allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary files by loading a library from /lib or /usr/lib.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/turbolinux/2001-q1/0004.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-007.0.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-039
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-012.php3?dis=7.2Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_001_glibc_txt.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-002.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/157650Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2223Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5971
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/turbolinux/2001-q1/0004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-007.0.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-039
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-012.php3?dis=7.2Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_001_glibc_txt.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-002.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/157650Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2223Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5971
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 6.0
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 6.1
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 7.0
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 7.1
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 7.2
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux_corporate_server 1.0.1
redhat linux 6.0
redhat linux 6.0
redhat linux 6.0
redhat linux 6.1
redhat linux 6.1
redhat linux 6.1
redhat linux 6.2
redhat linux 6.2
redhat linux 6.2
trustix secure_linux 1.1
trustix secure_linux 1.2
turbolinux turbolinux *
turbolinux turbolinux 6.1
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