USN-1009-2: GNU C Library vulnerability
12 January 2011
Privilege escalation via loading of libraries via RPATH DSTs with setuid programs.
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Details
USN-1009-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the GNU C library. Colin Watson
discovered that the fixes were incomplete and introduced flaws with
setuid programs loading libraries that used dynamic string tokens in their
RPATH. If the "man" program was installed setuid, a local attacker could
exploit this to gain "man" user privileges, potentially leading to further
privilege escalations. Default Ubuntu installations were not affected.
Original advisory details:
Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple flaws in the GNU C Library's handling
of the LD_AUDIT environment variable when running a privileged binary. A
local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges. (CVE-2010-3847,
CVE-2010-3856)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 9.10
Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 10.10
Ubuntu 10.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.