CVE-2000-0959 Information

Description

glibc2 does not properly clear the LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT and LD_DEBUG environmental variables when a program is spawned from a setuid program which could allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/85028 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1719 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5299