Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201716997000
Revision Date:2017-12-17Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-16997 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.
Description:elf/dl-load.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.19 through 2.26 mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH containing $ORIGIN for a privileged (setuid or AT_SECURE) program, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory, related to the fillin_rpath and decompose_rpath functions. This is associated with misinterpretion of an empty RPATH/RUNPATH token as the "./" directory. NOTE: this configuration of RPATH/RUNPATH for a privileged program is apparently very uncommon; most likely, no such program is shipped with any common Linux distribution.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-16997
Platform(s):Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed.
  • AND The 'eglibc' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.19-0ubuntu6.14').
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