CVE-2001-0170

2001-05-0704:00:00

mitre

www.cve.org

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

0.4%

JSON

glibc 2.1.9x and earlier does not properly clear the RESOLV_HOST_CONF, HOSTALIASES, or RES_OPTIONS environmental variables when executing setuid/setgid programs, which could allow local users to read arbitrary files.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0131.html

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0186.html

www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-001.html

www.securityfocus.com/bid/2181

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5907