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CVE-2004-1453

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

GNU glibc 2.3.4 before 2.3.4.20040619, 2.3.3 before 2.3.3.20040420, and 2.3.2 before 2.3.2-r10 does not restrict the use of LD_DEBUG for a setuid program, which allows local users to gain sensitive information, such as the list of symbols used by the program.

Affected products

• GNU C Library (glibc): 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+19)

References

• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59526
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12306
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-16.xml
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-256.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-261.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10963
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17006
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10762
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59526
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12306
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-16.xml
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-256.html

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