CVE-2010-3856

Publication date 22 October 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.11.3, and 2.12.x before 2.12.2, does not properly restrict use of the LD_AUDIT environment variable to reference dynamic shared objects (DSOs) as audit objects, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging an unsafe DSO located in a trusted library directory, as demonstrated by libpcprofile.so.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
eglibc 10.10 maverick
Fixed 2.12.1-0ubuntu8
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.5
9.10 karmic
Fixed 2.10.1-0ubuntu18
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
glibc 10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 2.9-4ubuntu6.3
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 2.7-10ubuntu7
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1009-1
    • GNU C Library vulnerabilities
    • 22 October 2010

Other references