--- title: "CVE-2010-3856\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3856?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2010-3856 Publication date 22 October 2010 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **High** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description 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 Show unmaintained releases | 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 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3856) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3856) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-3856) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3856) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-1009-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1009-1) + GNU C Library vulnerabilities + 22 October 2010 ### Other references *