CVE-2011-1095

glibc < 2.13 - Local Privilege Escalation via Unquoted Locale Output

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

locale/programs/locale.c in locale in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.13 does not quote its output, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted localization environment variable, in conjunction with a program that executes a script that uses the eval function.

References (21)

Core 21
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.html
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625893
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/43989
Exploit, Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/8
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/43830
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0413.html
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330923
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12272
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/43976
Exploit, Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/21
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/22
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025286

Scores

EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 33.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (50)
gnu/glibc 1.00
gnu/glibc 1.01
gnu/glibc 1.02
gnu/glibc 1.03
gnu/glibc 1.04
gnu/glibc 1.05
gnu/glibc 1.06
gnu/glibc 1.07
gnu/glibc 1.08
gnu/glibc 1.09
... and 40 more
Published Apr 10, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026