UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16997

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16997
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16997.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16997
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Published
2017-12-17T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:31Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

elf/dl-load.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.19 through 2.26 mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH containing $ORIGIN for a privileged (setuid or ATSECURE) program, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory, related to the fillinrpath and decompose_rpath functions. This is associated with misinterpretion of an empty RPATH/RUNPATH token as the "./" directory. NOTE: this configuration of RPATH/RUNPATH for a privileged program is apparently very uncommon; most likely, no such program is shipped with any common Linux distribution.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / eglibc

Package

Name
eglibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/eglibc@2.19-0ubuntu6.14?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.19-0ubuntu6.14

Affected versions

2.*

2.17-93ubuntu4
2.18-0ubuntu1
2.18-0ubuntu2
2.18-0ubuntu4
2.18-0ubuntu5
2.18-0ubuntu6
2.18-0ubuntu7
2.19-0ubuntu2
2.19-0ubuntu3
2.19-0ubuntu4
2.19-0ubuntu5
2.19-0ubuntu6
2.19-0ubuntu6.1
2.19-0ubuntu6.3
2.19-0ubuntu6.4
2.19-0ubuntu6.5
2.19-0ubuntu6.6
2.19-0ubuntu6.7
2.19-0ubuntu6.8
2.19-0ubuntu6.9
2.19-0ubuntu6.10
2.19-0ubuntu6.11
2.19-0ubuntu6.13

Ecosystem specific 

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            "binary_name": "libc-bin"
        },
        {
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        },
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Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/glibc@2.23-0ubuntu10?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.23-0ubuntu10

Affected versions

2.*

2.21-0ubuntu4
2.21-0ubuntu5
2.21-0ubuntu6
2.23-0ubuntu1
2.23-0ubuntu2
2.23-0ubuntu3
2.23-0ubuntu4
2.23-0ubuntu5
2.23-0ubuntu6
2.23-0ubuntu7
2.23-0ubuntu9

Ecosystem specific 

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            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu10",
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            "binary_name": "libc-bin"
        },
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            "binary_name": "libc-dev-bin"
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            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu10",
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-ppc64"
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            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu10",
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-s390"
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            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu10",
            "binary_name": "locales"
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            "binary_version": "2.23-0ubuntu10",
            "binary_name": "locales-all"
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