Access Restriction Bypass

Affecting glibc package, versions *

Overview

** DISPUTED ** GNU Libc current is affected by: Re-mapping current loaded library with malicious ELF file. The impact is: In worst case attacker may evaluate privileges. The component is: libld. The attack vector is: Attacker sends 2 ELF files to victim and asks to run ldd on it. ldd execute code. NOTE: Upstream comments indicate "this is being treated as a non-security bug and no real threat."

References

• CONFIRM
• Debian Security Tracker
• MISC
• Security Focus
• UBUNTU