High

Glibc: buffer overflow in ld.so leading to privilege escalation

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE ListKnown exploited1 source record

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.

Announced 3 Oct 2023Source revision 1

Original source ↗

CVE-2023-4911

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2023-4911

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

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Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4911
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Publisher severity

high

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Linked CVE context

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CVE-2023-4911 · Unrated

GNU C Library · Known exploited (CISA KEV)

Event: #24281 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 06:32:59 GMT
Publisher date: Tue, 03 Oct 2023 17:25:08 GMT

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