CVE-2000-0824

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Summary

CVECVE-2000-0824
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2000-11-14 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe unsetenv function in glibc 2.1.1 does not properly unset an environmental variable if the variable is provided twice to a program, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary commands in setuid programs by specifying their own duplicate environmental variables such as LD_PRELOAD or LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0509.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2000:040 : glibc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com
404 Page Not Found | SUSE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian GNU/Linux -- Security Information -- glibc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
'A few bugs...' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2000:045 : glibc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com
Xinuos Inc. | Support | Security | Advisories | Document Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.calderasystems.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0436.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0525.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
FSF GNU glibc unsetenv Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[TL-Security-Announce] glibc unsetenv and locale TLSA2000020-1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.turbolinux.com
glib unsetenv() Duplicate Entry Removal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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