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glibc CVE-2023-4911

High
arnaldo2792 published GHSA-q944-5mwf-727h Oct 10, 2023

Package

glibc (bottlerocket)

Affected versions

< 1.15.1

Patched versions

1.15.1

Description

A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.

Severity

High

CVE ID

CVE-2023-4911

Weaknesses

No CWEs