CVE - CVE-2006-6165

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-6165	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
DISPUTED ld.so in FreeBSD, NetBSD, and possibly other BSD distributions does not remove certain harmful environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges by passing certain environment variables to loading processes. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by a third party, stating that it is the responsibility of the application to properly sanitize the environment.
References
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BUGTRAQ:20061122 Lack of environment sanitization in the FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD dynamic loaders. URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452371/100/0/threaded BUGTRAQ:20061123 Re: Lack of environment sanitization in the FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD dynamic loaders. URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452428/100/0/threaded
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20061128	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20061128)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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