CVE-2007-3508

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-3508
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-07-03 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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

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

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | 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 Gentoo Glibc All r3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/37901 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
GNU GLibC LD.SO Mask Dynamic Loader Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Bug 183844 - sys-libs/glibc: integer overflow in ld.so CVE-2007-3508 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Glibc LD_HWCAP_MASK Integer Overflow Lets Local Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Jakub Jelinek - [PATCH] Fix LD_HWCAP_MASK handling af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sourceware.org
GNU C Library: Integer overflow — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[gentoo] Contents of /src/patchsets/glibc/2.5/1600_all_glibc-hwcap-mask-secure.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sources.gentoo.org
Gentoo update for glibc - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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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