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CVE-2007-3508

Published: 3 July 2007

** DISPUTED ** Integer overflow in the process_envvars function in elf/rtld.c in glibc before 2.5-rc4 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a large LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable value. NOTE: the glibc maintainers state that they do not believe that this issue is exploitable for code execution.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
upstream believes this to be unexploitable

Priority

Negligible

Status

Package Release Status
glibc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Ignored
(end of life)
edgy Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
feisty Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
gutsy
Released (2.6.1-1ubuntu8)
hardy Not vulnerable

intrepid Not vulnerable

jaunty Not vulnerable

upstream
Released (2.6)