"Glibc" library "locale/programs/locale. c" Local permission Escalation Vulnerability

"Glibc" library "locale/programs/locale. c" Local permission Escalation Vulnerability

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Affected Systems:
GNU glibc 2.x
Unaffected system:
The GNU glibc 2.13
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 47370
Cve id: CVE-2011-1095

Glibc is the implementation of C libraries in most Linux operating systems.

Glibc has a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the implementation of locale/programs/locale. c. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the superuser privilege, resulting in full control of affected computers.

<* Source: Harald van Dijk
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

GNU
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