HIGH: CVE-2023-4911 actively exploited — netapp bootstrap os
CVE: CVE-2023-4911
CVSS: 7.8 (3.1) — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH
Status: ✅ Confirmed exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
Affected
- netapp bootstrap os
- netapp hci compute node
- gnu glibc
- fedoraproject fedora
- redhat codeready linux builder
Summary
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.
Verified Sources
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5453
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5454
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5455
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5476
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0033
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4911
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2238352
- https://www.qualys.com/2023/10/03/cve-2023-4911/looney-tunables-local-privilege-escalation-glibc-ld-so.txt
- https://www.qualys.com/cve-2023-4911/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174986/glibc-ld.so-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
_Validated by the Lyrie Threat Intelligence Pipeline — 3 independent sources confirmed before publication. No speculation._
Lyrie Verdict
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Validated sources
- [1]NVD
- [2]GitHub Advisory
- [3]MITRE
- [4]CISA KEV