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CVE-2025-4802
May 16, 2025
Untrusted LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library version 2.27 to 2.38 allows attacker controlled loading of dynamically shared library in statically compiled setuid binaries that call dlopen (including internal dlopen calls after setlocale or calls to NSS functions such as getaddrinfo).
Affected Packages
https://github.com/bminor/glibc.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=glibc-2.27 <glibc-2.39
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version glibc-2.39
Related Resources (6)
https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=1e18586c5820e329f741d5c710275e165581380e
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/16/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/17/2
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-4802
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00033.html
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32976
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Untrusted Search Path
CWE-426
EPSS
Base Score:
0.04