CVE-2011-0536
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in elf/dl-object.c in certain modified versions of the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6), including glibc-2.5-49.el5_5.6 and glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) in a subdirectory of the current working directory during execution of a (1) setuid or (2) setgid program that has $ORIGIN in (a) RPATH or (b) RUNPATH within the program itself or a referenced library. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-3847.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.8% (56th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-0554)
- Published
- April 8, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0554 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- redhat / enterprise linux
References
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2011/msg00005.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/01/3(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/03/2(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43830(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43989(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025289
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=96611391ad8823ba58405325d78cefeae5cdf699
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0413.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1009-2
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667974(Patch)
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/701783
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13086
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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