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CVE-2001-0169

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2001-03-26 Modified: 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 Platforms

Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate ServerMandrakesoft Mandrake LinuxTurbolinux TurbolinuxTrustix Secure LinuxRedhat Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References