CVE-2006-6164 (GCVE-0-2006-6164)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-11-29 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:19
VLAI
Summary
The _dl_unsetenv function in loader.c in the ELF ld.so in OpenBSD 3.9 and 4.0 does not properly remove duplicate environment variables, which allows local users to pass dangerous variables such as LD_PRELOAD to loading processes, which might be leveraged to gain privileges.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.openbsd.org/errata39.html#ldso vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSD
http://www.matasano.com/log/592/finger-79tcp-mcdo… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452428/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/22993 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21188 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#ldso vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSD
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452371/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017253 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2006-11-19 00:00
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