CVE-2001-0170

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

glibc 2.1.9x and earlier does not properly clear the RESOLV_HOST_CONF, HOSTALIASES, or RES_OPTIONS environmental variables when executing setuid/setgid programs, which could allow local users to read arbitrary files.

glibc 2.1.9x and earlier does not properly clear the RESOLV_HOST_CONF, HOSTALIASES, or RES_OPTIONS environmental variables when executing setuid/setgid programs, which could allow local users to read arbitrary files.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 23 years ago

2001-03-26 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

Conectiva Conectiva Linux 4.0

4.0

Conectiva Conectiva Linux 4.0es

4.0es

Conectiva Conectiva Linux 4.1

4.1

Conectiva Conectiva Linux 4.2

4.2

Conectiva Conectiva Linux 5.0

5.0

Conectiva Conectiva Linux 5.1

5.1

Conectiva Conectiva Linux 6.0

6.0

Conectiva Conectiva Linux ecommerce

ecommerce

Conectiva Conectiva Linux graficas

graficas

Debian Debian Linux 2.3

2.3

References

20010110 Glibc Local Root Exploit

Vendor Advisory

20010110 [slackware-security] glibc 2.2 local vulnerability on setuid binaries

Patch, Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2001:001

Patch, Vendor Advisory

2181

Patch, Vendor Advisory

linux-glibc-read-files(5907)

Stay updated

ExploitPedia is constantly evolving. Sign up to receive a notification when we release additional functionality.

Get in touch

If you'd like to report a bug or have any suggestions for improvements then please do get in touch with us using this form. We will get back to you as soon as we can.