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GLSA 200408-16: glibc: Information leak with LD_DEBUG
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 08/17/2004 04:48 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
A glibc update is available for Gentoo Linux
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-16
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Low
Title: glibc: Information leak with LD_DEBUG
Date: August 16, 2004
Bugs: #59526
ID: 200408-16
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Synopsis
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glibc contains an information leak vulnerability allowing the debugging of SUID binaries.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-16
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Severity: Low
Title: glibc: Information leak with LD_DEBUG
Date: August 16, 2004
Bugs: #59526
ID: 200408-16
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Synopsis
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glibc contains an information leak vulnerability allowing the debugging of SUID binaries.
Background
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The GNU C library defines various Unix-like "system calls" and other basic facilities needed for a standard POSIX-like application to operate.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-libs/glibc <= 2.3.2-r10 >= 2.3.2-r11
2 sys-libs/glibc <= 2.3.3.20040420 >= 2.3.3.20040420-r1
3 sys-libs/glibc <= 2.3.3.20040420 >= 2.3.4.20040619-r1
4 sys-libs/glibc <= 2.3.4.20040619 >= 2.3.4.20040619-r1
5 sys-libs/glibc <= 2.3.2-r10 Vulnerable!
6 sys-libs/glibc <= 2.3.4.20040605 Vulnerable!
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# Package 1 only applies to ALPHA, ARM, HPPA, IA64 and SPARC
users.
# Package 2 only applies to x86 and PPC users.
# Package 3 only applies to MIPS users.
# Package 4 only applies to AMD64 users.
# Package 5 only applies to S390 users.
# Package 6 only applies to PPC64 users.
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NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate to another package if one is available or wait for the existing packages to be marked stable by their architecture maintainers.
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6 affected packages; please see the notes above...
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Description
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Silvio Cesare discovered a potential information leak in glibc. It allows LD_DEBUG on SUID binaries where it should not be allowed. This has various security implications, which may be used to gain confidentional information.
Impact
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An attacker can gain the list of symbols a SUID application uses and their locations and can then use a trojaned library taking precendence over those symbols to gain information or perform further exploitation.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of glibc.
Resolution
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All glibc users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv your_version
# emerge your_version
Availability
===========
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-16.xml
Concerns?
========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0
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The GNU C library defines various Unix-like "system calls" and other basic facilities needed for a standard POSIX-like application to operate.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-libs/glibc <= 2.3.2-r10 >= 2.3.2-r11
2 sys-libs/glibc <= 2.3.3.20040420 >= 2.3.3.20040420-r1
3 sys-libs/glibc <= 2.3.3.20040420 >= 2.3.4.20040619-r1
4 sys-libs/glibc <= 2.3.4.20040619 >= 2.3.4.20040619-r1
5 sys-libs/glibc <= 2.3.2-r10 Vulnerable!
6 sys-libs/glibc <= 2.3.4.20040605 Vulnerable!
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# Package 1 only applies to ALPHA, ARM, HPPA, IA64 and SPARC
users.
# Package 2 only applies to x86 and PPC users.
# Package 3 only applies to MIPS users.
# Package 4 only applies to AMD64 users.
# Package 5 only applies to S390 users.
# Package 6 only applies to PPC64 users.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate to another package if one is available or wait for the existing packages to be marked stable by their architecture maintainers.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
6 affected packages; please see the notes above...
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Description
==========
Silvio Cesare discovered a potential information leak in glibc. It allows LD_DEBUG on SUID binaries where it should not be allowed. This has various security implications, which may be used to gain confidentional information.
Impact
=====
An attacker can gain the list of symbols a SUID application uses and their locations and can then use a trojaned library taking precendence over those symbols to gain information or perform further exploitation.
Workaround
=========
There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of glibc.
Resolution
=========
All glibc users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv your_version
# emerge your_version
Availability
===========
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-16.xml
Concerns?
========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
======
Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0
