CVE-2001-0169

When using the LD_PRELOAD environmental variable in SUID or SGID applications, glibc does not verify that preloaded libraries in /etc/ld.so.cache are also SUID/SGID, which could allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary files by loading a library from /lib or /usr/lib.

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/turbolinux/2001-q1/0004.html
• http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-007.0.txt
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-039
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-012.php3?dis=7.2Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_001_glibc_txt.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-002.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/157650Patch
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2223Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5971
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/turbolinux/2001-q1/0004.html
• http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-007.0.txt
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-039
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-012.php3?dis=7.2Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_001_glibc_txt.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-002.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/157650Patch
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2223Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5971

Published

Mar 26, 2001

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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