Glibc Locale Command May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1025286 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1025286
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2011-1095
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Apr 4 2011
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via local system, User access via local system
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): 2.12.1 and prior versions
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Glibc. A local user may be able to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
The locale command does not properly escape user-supplied output. A local user with the ability to set the local environment variables of a script that performs shell evaluation of the output of the locale command may be able to cause arbitrary commands to be executed by the target script. The commands will run with the privileges of the target script.
Harald van Dijk reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A local user may be able to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a source code fix, available at:
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=patch;h=026373745eab50a683536d950cb7e17dc98c4259
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Vendor URL: www.gnu.org/software/libc/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any)
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