FKIE_CVE-2000-0824

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2000-11-14 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 21:52
Severity
Summary
The unsetenv function in glibc 2.1.1 does not properly unset an environmental variable if the variable is provided twice to a program, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary commands in setuid programs by specifying their own duplicate environmental variables such as LD_PRELOAD or LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0436.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0509.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0525.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93760201002154&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-028.0.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000902
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-040.php3
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-045.php3
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv5_draht_glibc_txt.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-057.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/79537Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1639
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/648Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000020.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5173
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0436.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0509.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0525.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93760201002154&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-028.0.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000902
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-040.php3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-045.php3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv5_draht_glibc_txt.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-057.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/79537Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1639
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/648Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000020.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5173
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu glibc 2.1.1

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  "id": "CVE-2000-0824",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T21:52:32.550",
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