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BlanK0 @lemmy.ml

9 mo. ago • 100%

Root access vulnerability in glibc library impacts many Linux distros

securityaffairs.com Root access vulnerability in glibc library impacts many Linux distros

Qualys researchers discovered a root access flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-6246, in GNU Library C (glibc) affecting multiple Linux distributions.

Linux @lemmy.ml Root access vulnerability in glibc library impacts many Linux distros

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@BlanK0 @security the fix commit says the problem occurs when the program name is very long - so probably not very exploitable, as the program name is usually set in stone.

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- Thx for pointing that out 🤙
  
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- Symlink or copy/rename could trigger it, as long as there is a user writable area with execute perms? /home usually allows exec?
  
  Also some of the exec* functions allow manipulating the argv[0], so possibly another vector there.
  
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