8218 : Linux ld.so Program Name Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
3	340	over 7 years ago	over 3 years ago	0 times	90%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date
1997-07-16	1997-07-17

Description

A local overflow exists in the 'ld.so' dynamic linkers in some Linux distributions. By forcing an error while calling a dynamically linked setuid program with a long program name (argv[0]), a local attacker can overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system and use this vulnerability to gain root privileges on the system.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Rumored
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to ld.so/ld-linux.so version 1.9.5 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. For Caldera OpenLinux 1.1 upgrade to ld.so package version 1.7.14-5 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. KSRT has also released an unofficial patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

SCO Group, Inc.

Caldera OpenLinux

1.1

Linux	ld.so	0.x
		1.0
		1.1
		1.2
		1.3
		1.4
		1.5
		1.6
		1.7
		1.8
		1.9
		1.91
		1.92
		1.93
		1.94

References

CVE ID: 1999-1182 (see also: NVD)
ISS X-Force ID: 7219
Related OSVDB ID: 8219
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/SA-1997.11.txt
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1997_3/0120.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1998_1/0158.html
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=87602661419318&w=2
Other Solution URL: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=87602661419318&w=2

Credit

David Goldsmith - dhgdec.net - DEC

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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