CVE-2000-0824
N/A
Published: January 22, 2001 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:52 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGlibc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
The unsetenv function in glibc 2.1.1 does not properly unset an environmental variable if the variable is provided twice to a program, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary commands in setuid programs by specifying their own duplicate environmental variables such as LD_PRELOAD or LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-028.0.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000902
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-040.php3
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-045.php3
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv5_draht_glibc_txt.html
References (15)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0436.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0509.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0525.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93760201002154&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-028.0.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000902Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-040.php3Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-045.php3Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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