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CVE-2001-0170

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.

Published

2001-03-26T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application immunix immunix 7.0_beta Yes
Operating System conectiva linux 4.0 Yes
Operating System conectiva linux 4.0es Yes
Operating System conectiva linux 4.1 Yes
Operating System conectiva linux 4.2 Yes
Operating System conectiva linux 5.0 Yes
Operating System conectiva linux 5.1 Yes
Operating System conectiva linux 6.0 Yes
Operating System conectiva linux ecommerce Yes
Operating System conectiva linux graficas Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 2.3 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 7.0 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 7.0 Yes
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