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UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16997 (CVE-2017-16997)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-12-17 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:38 – Source website

Details

elf/dl-load.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.19 through 2.26 mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH containing $ORIGIN for a privileged (setuid or AT_SECURE) program, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory, related to the fillin_rpath and decompose_rpath functions. This is associated with misinterpretion of an empty RPATH/RUNPATH token as the "./" directory. NOTE: this configuration of RPATH/RUNPATH for a privileged program is apparently very uncommon; most likely, no such program is shipped with any common Linux distribution.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16997	REPORT
	https://bugs.debian.org/884615	REPORT
	https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22625	REPORT
	https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-12/msg0…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3534-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16997	REPORT

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CVE-2017-16997 (GCVE-0-2017-16997)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-18 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:43

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

improper RPATH/RUNPATH validation

Assigner

debian mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22625	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102228	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-12/msg0…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugs.debian.org/884615	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3092	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	glibc 2.19 through 2.26	Affected: glibc 2.19 through 2.26

Date Public

2017-12-17 00:00

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USN-3534-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15670)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2018-01-17 12:57 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website

Summary

eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that the GNU C library did not properly handle all of the possible return values from the kernel getcwd(2) syscall. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code in setuid programs and gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2018-1000001)

A memory leak was discovered in the _dl_init_paths() function in the GNU C library dynamic loader. A local attacker could potentially exploit this with a specially crafted value in the LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable, in combination with CVE-2017-1000409 and another vulnerability on a system with hardlink protections disabled, in order to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2017-1000408)

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the _dl_init_paths() function in the GNU C library dynamic loader. A local attacker could potentially exploit this with a specially crafted value in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, in combination with CVE-2017-1000408 and another vulnerability on a system with hardlink protections disabled, in order to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2017-1000409)

An off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C library glob() implementation. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a maliciously crafted pattern. (CVE-2017-15670)

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator in the GNU C library glob() implementation. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a maliciously crafted pattern. (CVE-2017-15804)

It was discovered that the GNU C library dynamic loader mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH containing $ORIGIN for privileged (setuid or AT_SECURE) programs. A local attacker could potentially exploit this by providing a specially crafted library in the current working directory in order to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2017-16997)

It was discovered that the GNU C library malloc() implementation could return a memory block that is too small if an attempt is made to allocate an object whose size is close to SIZE_MAX, resulting in a heap-based overflow. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2017-17426)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3534-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15670	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15804	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16997	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17426	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000408	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000409	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000001	REPORT

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UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16997 (CVE-2017-16997)

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