CVE-2006-6164
N/A
Published: November 29, 2006 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
The _dl_unsetenv function in loader.c in the ELF ld.so in OpenBSD 3.9 and 4.0 does not properly remove duplicate environment variables, which allows local users to pass dangerous variables such as LD_PRELOAD to loading processes, which might be leveraged to gain privileges.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSDPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#ldsoVendor Advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSDPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openbsd.org/errata39.html#ldsoMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452371/100/0/threadedMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452428/100/0/threadedQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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