Title: GNU userv Service Program Environment Corruption Vulnerability
Severity: LOW
Description:
userv is a facility that allows one program to invoke another (the Service Program) where only limited trust exists between the two.
Under certain conditions, a malicious user could corrupt the USERV_GIDS and USERV_GROUPS environment variables passed to a userv child process.
Before a Service Program is exec'd by a userv child process, these variables are used to make access control decisions. If USERV_GIDS and USERV_GROUPS are corrupted, the Service Program could be made to carry out otherwise unauthorized actions.
Affected Products:
- GNU userv 1.0.0.0
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