CVE-2000-0824

security flaw

Published Jan 22, 2001 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
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 solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2000-0811 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.
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 5:28 AM
Reserved
Oct 15, 2000, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 14, 2000, 5:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 9:52 PM
Severity
Public date
Sep 17, 1999, 12:00 AM