Description
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.
Published: 2019-12-12
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 9.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:25:12.567Z

Reserved: 2019-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-19726

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-12T01:15:10.823

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:35:15.750

Link: CVE-2019-19726

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