CVEvulnerability
CVE-2001-0170
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2001-03-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
glibc 2.1.9x and earlier does not properly clear the RESOLV_HOST_CONF, HOSTALIASES, or RES_OPTIONS environmental variables when executing setuid/setgid programs, which could allow local users to read arbitrary files.
Affected configurations
• immunix immunix 7.0 beta
• conectiva linux 4.0
• conectiva linux 4.0es
• conectiva linux 4.1
• conectiva linux 4.2
• conectiva linux 5.0
• conectiva linux 5.1
• conectiva linux 6.0
• conectiva linux ecommerce
• conectiva linux graficas
• debian debian linux 2.3
• redhat linux 7.0
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0131.html Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0186.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-001.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2181 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5907 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0131.html Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0186.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-001.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2181 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5907 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com