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CVE-2019-19726

Published: 2019-12-12T01:15Z
Last Modified: 2024-11-21T04:35Z
Source: MITRE CVE List
License: MITRE-CVE-TOS
OpenBSD through 6.6 allows local users to escalate to root because a check for LD_LIBRARY_PATH in setuid programs can be defeated by setting a very small RLIMIT_DATA resource limit. When executing chpass or passwd (which are setuid root), _dl_setup_env in ld.so tries to strip LD_LIBRARY_PATH from the environment, but fails when it cannot allocate memory. Thus, the attacker is able to execute their own library code as root. > MITRE Terms of Use apply – see LICENSE‑MITRE.txt