Title: Linux libc NLSPATH Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
Description:
There is a serious vulnerability in linux libc affecting all Linux distributions using libc 5.2.18 and below. The vulnerability is centered around the NLSPATH environment variable. Through exporting the oversized and shell-code including buffer to the environment variable NLSPATH, it is possible to exploit any setuid root program that's based on libc [almost all] and gain root access on the machine.
Affected Products:
- Linux libc 5.3.12
- RedHat Linux 4.0.0
- Slackware Linux 3.1.0
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