Debian Security Advisory
DSA-2122-1 glibc -- missing input sanitization
- Date Reported:
- 22 Oct 2010
- Affected Packages:
- glibc
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 600667.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2010-3847, CVE-2010-3856. - More information:
-
Ben Hawkes and Tavis Ormandy discovered that the dynamic loader in GNU libc allows local users to gain root privileges using a crafted LD_AUDIT environment variable.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-18lenny6.
For the upcoming stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.11.2-6+squeeze1 of the eglibc package.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your glibc packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/glibc_2.7.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/glibc_2.7-18lenny6.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/glibc_2.7-18lenny6.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/glibc_2.7-18lenny6.dsc
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/glibc-doc_2.7-18lenny6_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales_2.7-18lenny6_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/glibc-source_2.7-18lenny6_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales_2.7-18lenny6_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-dns-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_alpha.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1_2.7-18lenny6_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-pic_2.7-18lenny6_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales-all_2.7-18lenny6_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_alpha.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.7-18lenny6_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-files-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_alpha.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-alphaev67_2.7-18lenny6_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-dev_2.7-18lenny6_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-prof_2.7-18lenny6_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-dbg_2.7-18lenny6_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1_2.7-18lenny6_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.7-18lenny6_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.7-18lenny6_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.7-18lenny6_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.7-18lenny6_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-files-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_amd64.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.7-18lenny6_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_amd64.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-i386_2.7-18lenny6_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.7-18lenny6_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales-all_2.7-18lenny6_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-dns-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_amd64.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-i386_2.7-18lenny6_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.7-18lenny6_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-files-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_arm.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-dns-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_arm.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales-all_2.7-18lenny6_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.7-18lenny6_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.7-18lenny6_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.7-18lenny6_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.7-18lenny6_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_arm.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.7-18lenny6_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.7-18lenny6_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-dns-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_arm.udeb
- ARM EABI:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-dns-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_armel.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.7-18lenny6_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_armel.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales-all_2.7-18lenny6_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-files-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_armel.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.7-18lenny6_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.7-18lenny6_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.7-18lenny6_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.7-18lenny6_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.7-18lenny6_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.7-18lenny6_armel.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_i386.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.7-18lenny6_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.7-18lenny6_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-dns-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_i386.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.7-18lenny6_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.7-18lenny6_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-xen_2.7-18lenny6_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales-all_2.7-18lenny6_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-files-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_i386.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-amd64_2.7-18lenny6_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-amd64_2.7-18lenny6_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-i686_2.7-18lenny6_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.7-18lenny6_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.7-18lenny6_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.7-18lenny6_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-dbg_2.7-18lenny6_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-dns-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_ia64.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales-all_2.7-18lenny6_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-prof_2.7-18lenny6_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-files-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_ia64.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1_2.7-18lenny6_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-dev_2.7-18lenny6_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-pic_2.7-18lenny6_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6.1-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_ia64.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.7-18lenny6_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-dns-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_ia64.udeb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.7-18lenny6_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.7-18lenny6_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-mips64_2.7-18lenny6_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-mips64_2.7-18lenny6_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_mips.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.7-18lenny6_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales-all_2.7-18lenny6_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-mipsn32_2.7-18lenny6_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.7-18lenny6_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.7-18lenny6_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.7-18lenny6_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-dns-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_mips.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-files-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_mips.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-mipsn32_2.7-18lenny6_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.7-18lenny6_mips.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.7-18lenny6_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.7-18lenny6_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-dns-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_powerpc.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.7-18lenny6_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.7-18lenny6_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales-all_2.7-18lenny6_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_powerpc.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.7-18lenny6_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-ppc64_2.7-18lenny6_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.7-18lenny6_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-ppc64_2.7-18lenny6_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-files-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_powerpc.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.7-18lenny6_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.7-18lenny6_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.7-18lenny6_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales-all_2.7-18lenny6_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-s390x_2.7-18lenny6_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.7-18lenny6_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-files-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_s390.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-s390x_2.7-18lenny6_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.7-18lenny6_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-dns-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_s390.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_s390.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.7-18lenny6_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.7-18lenny6_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.7-18lenny6_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-pic_2.7-18lenny6_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_sparc.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/locales-all_2.7-18lenny6_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-sparcv9b_2.7-18lenny6_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.7-18lenny6_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.7-18lenny6_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-files-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_sparc.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-sparc64_2.7-18lenny6_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev-sparc64_2.7-18lenny6_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.7-18lenny6_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libnss-dns-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_sparc.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-prof_2.7-18lenny6_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dbg_2.7-18lenny6_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-udeb_2.7-18lenny6_sparc.udeb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.