CVE-2011-1095

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-04-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

locale/programs/locale.c in locale in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.13 does not quote its output, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted localization environment variable, in conjunction with a program that executes a script that uses the eval function.

Affected products

GNU C Library (glibc): through 2.12.2; 1.00, 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.05 (+50)

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330923
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/21
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/22
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/8
http://secunia.com/advisories/43830
http://secunia.com/advisories/43976
http://secunia.com/advisories/43989
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025286
http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11904
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11904

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