Description
Integer overflow in the process_envvars function in elf/rtld.c in glibc before 2.5-rc4 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a large LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable value. NOTE: the glibc maintainers state that they do not believe that this issue is exploitable for code execution
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.2/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183844
- http://osvdb.org/37901
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25864Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-04.xml
- http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/2.5/1600_all_glibc-hwcap-mask-secure.patch?rev=1.1&view=markup
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24758
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018334
- http://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2007-07/msg00001.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2418Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35240
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183844
- http://osvdb.org/37901
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25864Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-04.xml
- http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/2.5/1600_all_glibc-hwcap-mask-secure.patch?rev=1.1&view=markup
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24758
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018334
- http://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2007-07/msg00001.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2418Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35240
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 3, 2007
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified