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CVE-2007-3508

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

Published

2007-07-03T21:30:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-189

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gentoo	glibc	≤ 2.5	Yes

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183844 ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/37901 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25864 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-04.xml ([email protected])
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/2.5/1600_all_glibc-hwcap-mask-secure.patch?rev=1.1&view=markup ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24758 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018334 ([email protected])
http://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2007-07/msg00001.html ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2418 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35240 ([email protected])
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183844 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/37901 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25864 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-04.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/2.5/1600_all_glibc-hwcap-mask-secure.patch?rev=1.1&view=markup (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24758 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018334 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2007-07/msg00001.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2418 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35240 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)