CVE-2017-16997

elf/dl-load.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.19 through 2.26 mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH containing $ORIGIN for a privileged (setuid or AT_SECURE) program, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory, related to the fillin_rpath and decompose_rpath functions. This is associated with misinterpretion of an empty RPATH/RUNPATH token as the "./" directory. NOTE: this configuration of RPATH/RUNPATH for a privileged program is apparently very uncommon; most likely, no such program is shipped with any common Linux distribution.
References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102228 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3092 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/884615 Issue Tracking Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22625 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-12/msg00528.html Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-12-18 01:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:15


NVD link : CVE-2017-16997

Mitre link : CVE-2017-16997

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-16997


JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux_desktop
  • enterprise_linux_workstation
  • enterprise_linux_server

gnu

  • glibc
CWE
CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path