Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017169970000000
Revision Date:2017-12-18Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-16997 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - 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 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND glibc package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.23-0ubuntu10').
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