CVE-2001-0169
N/A
Published: May 7, 2001 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:53 PM UTC
5 products affected across 4 vendorsLinuxMandrake LinuxSecure Linux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/turbolinux/2001-q1/0004.html
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-007.0.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-039
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-012.php3?dis=7.2
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_001_glibc_txt.html
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_TURBO
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/turbolinux/2001-q1/0004.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-007.0.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-039Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-012.php3?dis=7.2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_001_glibc_txt.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-002.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/157650VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2223Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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