Description
Certain run-time memory protection mechanisms in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) print argv[0] and backtrace information, which might allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by executing an incorrect program, as demonstrated by a setuid program that contains a stack-based buffer overflow error, related to the __fortify_fail function in debug/fortify_fail.c, and the __stack_chk_fail (aka stack protection) and __chk_fail (aka FORTIFY_SOURCE) implementations.
Metrics
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 14, 2010
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified