CVE-2001-0169

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-03-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

When using the LD_PRELOAD environmental variable in SUID or SGID applications, glibc does not verify that preloaded libraries in /etc/ld.so.cache are also SUID/SGID, which could allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary files by loading a library from /lib or /usr/lib.

Affected products

Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server: 1.0.1
RedHat Linux: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
Trustix Secure Linux: 1.1, 1.2
Turbolinux: through 6.0.5; 6.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/turbolinux/2001-q1/0004.html
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-007.0.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-039
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-012.php3?dis=7.2
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_001_glibc_txt.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-002.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/157650
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2223
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5971
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/turbolinux/2001-q1/0004.html
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-007.0.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-039

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