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Debian: CVE-2023-4911: glibc -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2023-4911: glibc -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/03/2023
Created
10/05/2023
Added
10/05/2023
Modified
11/22/2023

Description

A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-glibc

References

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