CVE-2001-0169
When using the LD_PRELOAD environmental variable in SUID or SGID applications, glibc does not verify that preloaded libraries in /etc/ld.so.cache are also SUID/SGID, which could allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary files by loading a library from /lib or /usr/lib.
- EPSS
- 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 58% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux
- mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server
- redhat:linux
- trustix:secure_linux
- turbolinux:turbolinux
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/turbolinux/2001-q1/0004.html
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-007.0.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-039
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-012.php3?dis=7.2
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_001_glibc_txt.html