CVE-2009-5064
Publication date 30 March 2011
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
** DISPUTED ** ldd in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file linked with a modified loader that omits certain LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS checks. NOTE: the GNU C Library vendor states "This is just nonsense. There are a gazillion other ways to introduce code if people are downloading arbitrary binaries and install them in appropriate directories or set LD_LIBRARY_PATH etc."
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mdeslaur
lucid+ debian packages have a fix in debian/patches/all/local-ldd.diff this is disputed, and is low...let's ignore.