CVE-2010-0830

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2010-05-25
IAVA:
2012-A-0148, 2012-A-0153
Bugzilla:
599056: CVE-2010-0830 glibc: ld.so d_tag signedness error in elf_get_dynamic_info

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Integer signedness error in the elf_get_dynamic_info function in elf/dynamic-link.h in ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.0.1 through 2.11.1, when the --verify option is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ELF program with a negative value for a certain d_tag structure member in the ELF header.

Find out more about CVE-2010-0830 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.7
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (glibc) RHSA-2012:0125 2012-02-13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (glibc) RHSA-2012:0126 2012-02-13

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 glibc Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Ubuntu Security Team for reporting this issue. The Ubuntu Security Team acknowledges Dan Rosenberg as the original reporter.

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