#VU30596 Information disclosure in Glibc - CVE-2019-19126
Published: November 19, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30596
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19126
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Glibc
Glibc
Software vendor:
GNU
GNU
Description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
On the x86-64 architecture, the GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.31 fails to ignore the LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC environment variable during program execution after a security transition, allowing local attackers to restrict the possible mapping addresses for loaded libraries and thus bypass ASLR for a setuid program.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4FQ5LC6JOYSOYFPRUZ4S45KL6IP3RPPZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZFJ5E7NWOL6ROE5QVICHKIOUGCPFJVUH/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25204
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/