7.8
High
CVE-2023-4911 Glibc: buffer overflow in ld.so leading to privilege escalation
Active exploitation observed
· CISA KEV catalogue
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware campaigns
Not observed so far
Weakness
CWE-122
Description
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.
CVSS 3.1 detail
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitable with local access to the machine, with an ordinary account and without any user action; an attacker can seriously compromise confidentiality, integrity or availability.
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- Interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Versions not published | |
| SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP 3.1 | 3.1.5 → latest | No fix stated |
| SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP 3.1 | 3.1.5 → latest | No fix stated |
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| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP 3.1 | 3.1.5 → latest | No fix stated |
| SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem 1.1 | earliest → < 1.1 | 1.1 |
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