73407 : GNU C Library (glibc) locale/programs/locale.c Output Quoting Localization Environment Variable Local Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2010-11-16

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2011-1095" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS, Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.13 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. In addition, vendors have released a patch for some older versions.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1025286
OVAL ID: 12272
CVE ID: 2011-1095 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 43830 43976 43989 45052 45078 45085 45467 46397 47970 48383 53166
Bugtraq ID: 47370
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2011-0863
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330923
http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11904
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11904
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=patch;h=026373745eab50a683536d950cb7e17dc98c4259
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1396-1/
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625893
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000142.html
https://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100160531
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/9036470
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/9036471
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/9037214
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/9037844
Other Advisory URL: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/21
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/22
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/8
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11904
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2011:0412 RHSA-2011:0413 RHSA-2012:0125

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-04-11 | Disagree?

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