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Untrusted Search Path Affecting glibc-static package, versions <0:2.17-260.0.9.el7

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GLIBCSTATIC-2527310
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed18 Dec 2017
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Introduced: 18 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-16997  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-426  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 glibc-static to version 0:2.17-260.0.9.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-3092.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-static package and not the glibc-static package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

elf/dl-load.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.19 through 2.26 mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH containing $ORIGIN for a privileged (setuid or AT_SECURE) program, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory, related to the fillin_rpath and decompose_rpath functions. This is associated with misinterpretion of an empty RPATH/RUNPATH token as the "./" directory. NOTE: this configuration of RPATH/RUNPATH for a privileged program is apparently very uncommon; most likely, no such program is shipped with any common Linux distribution.