CVE-2001-0170
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2001-05-07 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 04:14
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
0.04% (0.00299)
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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