CVE-2002-1472

Public Date:
2002-09-18
Bugzilla:
1616917: CVE-2002-1472 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in libX11.so in xfree86, when used in setuid or setgid programs, allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified LD_PRELOAD environment variable that points to a malicious module.

Find out more about CVE-2002-1472 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Linux 8.0 RHSA-2003:067 2003-06-25
Red Hat Linux 7.3 RHSA-2003:066 2003-06-25

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