Security Advisory

CVE-2023-4911

7.8
HIGH

Vulnerability Description

A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.
Published Date October 3, 2023
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory