CVE-2007-3508

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-3508
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-07-03 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:00:00 UTC
Description** DISPUTED ** 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gentoo Glibc All r3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Bug 183844 - sys-libs/glibc: integer overflow in ld.so CVE-2007-3508 CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
Glibc LD_HWCAP_MASK Integer Overflow Lets Local Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Gentoo update for glibc - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
GNU C Library: Integer overflow — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[gentoo] Contents of /src/patchsets/glibc/2.5/1600_all_glibc-hwcap-mask-secure.patch MISC sources.gentoo.org
GNU GLibC LD.SO Mask Dynamic Loader Integer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
37901 OSVDB osvdb.org
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Jakub Jelinek - [PATCH] Fix LD_HWCAP_MASK handling MLIST www.sourceware.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Mandriva2007-09-17Vincent DanenBased on the analysis of Red Hat and several Glibc developers, Mandriva does not believe this to be exploitable.
Red Hat2007-07-05Joshua BressersAfter careful analysis by Red Hat and several Glibc developers, it has been determined that this bug is not exploitable. For more information please see Red Hat Bugzilla bug #247208 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=247208
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