CVE-2011-1095
N/A
Published: April 10, 2011 at 01:29 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:28 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGlibc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
locale/programs/locale.c in locale in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.13 does not quote its output, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted localization environment variable, in conjunction with a program that executes a script that uses the eval function.
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:
References (21)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330923Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/21Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/22Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/8Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/43830Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/43976Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/43989Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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