CVE-2023-4911

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4911
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-4911.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-4911
Downstream
ALSA (2)
AZL (2)
BELL (1)
CGA (2)
CLSA (1)
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
MINI (1)
OESA (3)
openSUSE (1)
RHSA (5)
RLSA (1)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
Published
2023-10-03T17:25:08Z
Modified
2026-11-09T02:30:35Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Glibc: buffer overflow in ld.so leading to privilege escalation
Details

A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "redhat",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-122"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/4xxx/CVE-2023-4911.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "range": [
                        {
                            "fixed": "0:2.28-225.el8_8.6"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "0:2.28-225.el8_8.6"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "0:2.28-189.6.el8_6"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "0:2.34-60.el9_2.7"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "0:2.34-60.el9_2.7"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "0:2.34-28.el9_0.4"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "0:2.28-189.6.el8_6"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "0:4.5.3-10.el8ev"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "0:4.5.3-202312060823_8.6"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "InverseAffectedRanges"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "range": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "2.34"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "2.39"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StandardRange"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/bminor/glibc

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/bminor/glibc
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "2.34"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "2.39"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

glibc-2.*
glibc-2.34
glibc-2.34.9000
glibc-2.35
glibc-2.35.9000
glibc-2.36
glibc-2.36.9000
glibc-2.37
glibc-2.37.9000
glibc-2.38
glibc-2.38.9000

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-4911.json"

Git / sourceware.org/git/glibc.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "2.34"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "2.39"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

glibc-2.*
glibc-2.34
glibc-2.34.9000
glibc-2.35
glibc-2.35.9000
glibc-2.36
glibc-2.36.9000
glibc-2.37
glibc-2.37.9000
glibc-2.38
glibc-2.38.9000

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-4911.json"