CVE-2011-0532

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-02-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The (1) backup and restore scripts, (2) main initialization script, and (3) ldap-agent script in 389 Directory Server 1.2.x (aka Red Hat Directory Server 8.2.x) place a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

Affected products

Red Hat, Inc. 389-ds-base: 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.5, 1.2.5-rc1, 1.2.5-rc2 (+16)
RedHat Directory Server: 8.2, 8.2.3

References

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0293.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46489
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025102
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672468
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65637
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0293.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46489
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025102
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672468
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65637

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