The _dl_unsetenv function in loader.c in the ELF ld.so in OpenBSD 3.9 and 4.0 does not properly remove duplicate environment variables, which allows local users to pass dangerous variables such as LD_PRELOAD to loading processes, which might be leveraged to gain privileges.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2006-11-29T01:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T20:19:34.560Z
Reserved: 2006-11-28T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2006-6164
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2006-11-29T01:28:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-21T00:22:02.843
Link: CVE-2006-6164
Redhat
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