PT-2000-1870 · Gnu · Glibc

Published 2000-12-19 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2000-0959

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.2

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions glibc2 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the improper clearing of the LD DEBUG OUTPUT and LD DEBUG environmental variables when a program is spawned from a setuid program. This could allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0959

Affected Products

Glibc

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0959 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1719 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5299 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/85028 · Note